Niger – Integrated Programme for Youth Agripreneurship Development and Technological and Financial Innovation (PIDAJ)

The Integrated Programme for the Development of Youth Agripreneurship and Technological and Financial Innovation in Niger (PIDAJ-Niger) is a multi-sector sovereign investment programme designed to sustainably strengthen job and wealth creation for young people in Niger. The programme combines interventions in technical and vocational agricultural education and training, youth entrepreneurship and incubation, financial inclusion and access to markets, climate resilience and agricultural risk management, and institutional support and programme coordination. It will finance the construction and rehabilitation of agricultural training institutions, support innovation and agritech centres, develop agripreneur sites and irrigated perimeters, strengthen incubation ecosystems, improve access to finance through tailored financial instruments and guarantee mechanisms, and promote sovereign and agricultural index insurance against climate shocks. The total programme cost is estimated at UA 142.003 million, financed by an ADF loan of UA 72 million, a Transition Support Facility (TSF/FAT) loan of UA 60 million, UNDP co-financing of UA 1.7 million, and a Government counterpart contribution of UA 8.3 million. The implementing agency is the Ministry of Trade and Industry.