Nuru Nigeria Celebrates the Successful Completion of the BC-RAD Project in Adamawa State

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2025

Contact: Simon | info@nurunigeria.org

YOLA – Nuru Nigeria and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as part of their  commitment to building resilient communities, marked the official close-out of Building Community Resilience through Agribusiness Development (BC-RAD) project during a ceremony held in Yola, Adamawa State, on May 22, 2025

Funded by the European Union (EU) and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the event brought together key stakeholders, including community leaders, government representatives, donor agencies, farmers, and local agribusinesses. Together, attendees celebrated the impact and achievements of the two-year initiative aimed at fostering sustainable livelihoods through agribusiness in conflict-affected communities.

Nuru Nigeria Managing Director Amy Gaman presents at the event alongside the Nuru Nigeria team

Launched in 2023, the BC-RAD project was designed to strengthen food security, enhance economic opportunities, and promote social cohesion by empowering smallholder farmers and youth in agribusiness value chains. The project directly benefited over 5,000 registered farmers across three Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Adamawa State (Michika, Hong, and Gombi LGAs) through climate-smart training, access to inputs, market linkages, activities focused on women’s inclusion, and income-generating activities.

In her remarks, Amy Gaman, Managing Director of Nuru Nigeria, expressed gratitude to the communities and partners that made the project a success. “The BC-RAD project represents our commitment to empowering rural communities to become self-sufficient and resilient, especially in regions affected by conflict and instability. Today, we are proud to see the real transformations that have taken place in the lives of farmers, youth, and women entrepreneurs,” she said.

Nuru Nigeria Managing Director Amy Gaman presents at event

Key highlights from the BC-RAD project include:

• Establishment of 20 registered agribusiness cooperatives
• 2,500 ewes and 250 rams distributed; 2,532 births recorded
• 3,805 nutrition home gardens established
• NGN 89,725,065 saved by cooperatives 
• 14 Nuru-supported farmer organizations equipped with solar power infrastructure
• 210 women in community leadership roles and involved in community decision-making

The close-out event featured testimonies from the farmers and community leaders who expressed their appreciation for the project implemented in their communities. “This project did not only support my family or the farmer group I belong to, but has supported my community,” shared a leader from the Garta community.

Nuru Nigeria reaffirmed its commitment to supporting long-term development and resilience-building in the region, emphasizing that the Nuru model will continue to be the foundation of Nuru Nigeria’s future programming, focused on inclusive economic growth and women’s empowerment.

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About Nuru Nigeria:

Nuru Nigeria is a nonprofit organization that works to build a resilience corridor across northeastern Nigeria through  holistic nutrition-sensitive agriculture, to end extreme poverty in Nigeria. Nuru Nigeria focuses on establishing self-sustainable farmer organizations, increasing access to financial services and literacy, and strengthening community-led development initiatives.

About GIZ: 

GIZ is implementing the Social and Economic Participation of Returnees, IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) and the Host Population in North-East Nigeria (SEPIN) programme, which aims to enhance the social and economic participation of the vulnerable population in some Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria in a gender-responsive manner. For media inquiries and further information, please contact: info@nurunigeria.org