NASARAWA STATE
VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
PREQUALIFICATION NOTICE

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The FGN and IFAD are jointly implementing a Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) since 2025 to “enhance incomes and food security” of poor rural households (HHs) engaged in the rice and cassava value chains (VCs). Starting with six States of Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Niger, Ogun, Taraba, and in five (5) Local Government Areas each in all the States (30 LGAs in total). The programme was expanded to cover three (3) additional states of Enugu, Kogi and Nasarawa states from 2019 through IFAD Additional Financing (AF I and II). The programme strategically targeted 135,000 direct beneficiaries (121,000 producers and 14,000 processors & traders) including youths, women and people with disabilities (PWD). The Programme Development Objective (PDO) is “to enhance on a sustainable basis income and food security of poor rural household engaged in the production, processing and marketing of rice and cassava in the nine (9) states for a total of 63 LGAs.