The MACDP Pilot is a live demonstration of the Model Agricultural Communities Development Project, designed to test, refine, and validate the framework for building youth-led agricultural settlements across Nigeria. It is being implemented on 100 hectares of secured arable land in Ekong Anaku, Cross River State with 20 youth participants.

• Empower 20 local youth with land, training, and monthly stipends

• Establish a productive oil palm plantation across 100 hectares

• Build essential community infrastructure and demonstration fields

• Prove the technical, financial, and social viability of the MACDP model

• Generate actionable insights to inform national scale-up

Participants are youth from the host community, screened based on age, interest in agriculture, local ties, and capacity to commit to long-term farming. The selection will be done in partnership with community leaders and project coordinators to ensure transparency and ownership.

Each beneficiary receives:

• 10 hectares of land (9 ha for oil palm, 1 ha for food/livestock/home)

• Access to high-yield oil palm seedlings and inputs

• Monthly stipends for 2 years as a stabilization measure

• Practical agribusiness training and mentoring

• Access to shared infrastructure like water, roads, and demonstration farms

The full pilot implementation is budgeted at ₦300 million (approx. $200,000), covering land development, seedling production, training, infrastructure, stipends, project management, and community engagement.

Funding is being sourced through a Public–Private–Community Partnership (PPCP) model. Contributions are welcomed from:

• Individual donors and philanthropists

• Development partners and international NGOs

• CSR-focused institutions

• Government agencies at federal and state levels

The pilot includes built-in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) mechanisms to track:

• Youth performance and business development

• Plantation health and productivity

• Infrastructure use and sustainability

• Community engagement metrics
  A final report will be published to inform stakeholders and shape the national rollout.

The pilot serves as a proof-of-concept. Upon success, the MACDP model will be replicated across 1,000 rural communities, each with organized oil palm settlements, training centers, and cooperative structures — contributing to national food security, rural transformation, and job creation.

You can:

• Sponsor a youth participant

• Fund seedling production or land clearing

• Donate equipment or vehicles

• Support infrastructure (office, roads, water)

• Provide technical training or advisory

• Contribute financially by a one-time or recurring gift