Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) Mid-Term Review Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, CON Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Federal Republic of Nigeria Abuja June 2013
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) Turning Nigeria into a Global Powerhouse in Agriculture
Grow Food Assure national food security by adding an additional 20 Million metric tons of food to the domestic food supply by 2015
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Nigeria can no longer continue to be a sleeping giant. We have to wake up. And if we wake up, we must begin to do things differently.
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His Excellency, President Goodluck E. Jonathan GCFR, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Create Jobs Over 3.5 Million jobs by 2015
Create Wealth
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We are Implementing a Time-Bound Aggressive Plan to Unlock Nigeria’s Potential to Become an Agricultural Power House
Land 165 Million people, projected to grow to 470 Large Million by 2050 Internal Markets
110 Million youth in the work force in 2020
Agricultural Potential
Labor
84 Million Ha of Arable Land; 40% utilization
Water
279 Billion Cubic Meters of Surface Water Untapped irrigation potential with 3 of the 8 major river systems in Africa
Low wages for agricultural intensification
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Food Import Dependency Now Hurts Our Economy Yearly, Nigeria Imports over US$11 Bn in Wheat, Rice, Sugar and Fish Nigeria’s imports Nigeria’s top 4 food imports * Measure: Annual food imports (Naira,bn) Wheat World’s largest importer of US hard red and white winter Wheat
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Nigeria’s food imports are growing at an unsustainable rate of 11% per annum
Relying on the import of expensive food on global markets fuels domestic inflation
Excessive imports putting high pressure
Rice World’s #2 Importer
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on the Naira and hurting the economy
Nigeria is importing what it can produce in 217
Sugar
abundance
Import dependency is hurting Nigerian 97
Fish
farmers, displacing local production and creating rising unemployment
*Central Bank of Nigeria
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Our Vision is to Make Nigeria an Agriculturally Industrialized Economy A government-enabled, private sector-driven approach What we have stopped doing;
What we have started doing; Treating agriculture as a BUSINESS
Treating agriculture as a development project Funding isolated projects that do not grow the sector in a clear and measurable way Allowing big government to crowd-out the private sector
Integrating food production, storage, food processing and industrial manufacturing by value chains (“Farm-to-Fork”) Focusing on value chains where Nigeria has comparative advantage
Adopting Import-Substitution measures to drive sector growth Investment-driven strategic partnerships with the private sector Investment drives to unlock potential of our States in agriculture (joint initiatives with State Governments)
New incentives for private sector (zero % duty on all agricultural machinery and equipment Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria 4
Financial Accountability for Budget 2012 Total Appropriation, Release and Utilization of ATA Capital Expenditure Funds 2012 (Measure: NGN Billion) 55% of Budget Released
Appropriated Released
Utilized
Source: FMARD
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Achievements So Far Do re o
Aggressive New Policies are Driving the Transformation Agenda
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Growth Enhancement Support (GES) Scheme Launched in 2012 The Government Ended 4 Decades of Corruption in the Seed and Fertilizer Sectors Within 90 Days
Ended direct procurement and distribution of seed and fertilizers by the government Private sector seed and fertilizer companies now sell directly to farmers Cellphone-based system developed to send subsidies via electronic vouchers (e-wallets) directly to farmers via their cellphones Nigeria is 1st country in Africa to develop the Ewallet for input delivery to farmers Reached 1.5 million farmers (7.5 million people impacted) within the first one year First ever database of farmers developed 4.2 million farmers registered in 2012 10 million farmers registered in 2013
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DIGNITY RETURNS TO NIGERIAN FARMERS Cellphones Used to End Corruption and Save Government Funds
N15 billion ($100 million) of fertilizers sold directly to farmers via e-wallet system
N1.5 billion ($10 million) of seeds sold directly to farmers via e-wallet system
Commercial banks lent N3.7 billion to seed companies and agro-dealers
0% rate of default on GES Loans
Federal Government, states farmers did cost-sharing
GES system saved the Federal Government N25 billion ($156 million) in 2012 Cost-Sharing Arrangement
FEDERAL
N4.25 Bn
28%
STATE
N3.75 Bn
24%
FARMERS
N7.5 Bn
48%
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ATA’s Strategy Seeks to Strengthen 10 Priority Value Chains Across the Nation North West: Cotton Onion, Tomato, Sorghum
National: Rice, Cassava, Livestock and Fisheries are a priority across the Nation
North Central: Maize & Soybean
North East: Cotton Onion, Tomato, Sorghum
South West: Oil Palm & Cocoa
South South: Oil Palm & Cocoa
South East: Oil Palm & Cocoa
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Cassava Value Chain Achievement Highlights • Developing Cassava value chains for new valueadd products (high quality cassava flour, cassava chips, ethanol, starch, sweeteners) • Expanding production of high quality cassava flour to substitute imported wheat in the baking industry • Cassava bread development fund established • Secured financing of over $200 million for 18 private sector-owned large scale cassava flour processing plants with 1.3 million MT capacity • Secured 3.2 million MT contract orders from China for export of dried cassava chips for Ethanol production • Government provided 30 million bundles of cassava cuttings free of charge to farmers around the country:
- Released 3 pro-vitamin cassava varieties
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Mr. President launched 40% High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) Bread by IITA on 30 November, 2011 and challenged the private sector to commercialize Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Within Three Months, Cassava Bread with 20% Cassava Flour and 80% Wheat Became Commercially Available Cassava Bread is 60% of the cost of Wheat Bread and has a higher nutritional value
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Export Opportunities Exist For Dried Cassava Chips As the World’s Leading Cassava Producer, Nigeria is Well Positioned to Benefit From This Export Market • The global market for cassava chips is estimated at US$1.5 to US$2 billion
Nigerian Dried Chips
• China is the world’s largest buyer of cassava chips, for Ethanol • China’s demand is sourced mainly from Southeast Asia: Thailand (54%), Vietnam (38%) and Indonesia (4%) • Nigeria supplies less than 5% of volumes • Nigeria has potential to become major global player within two years (Nigerian dried chips preferred to South East Asia’s due to higher quality level)
The Government Has Secured 3.2 million MT Of Contract Orders For Nigerian Dried Cassava Chips From Chinese Importers Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Based on Existing Contracts, Nigeria Can Earn Between $802 Million and $1.37 Billion From Dried Chips Exports to China and Europe $1,365mn CHINA EUROPE
$802mn
3.2mn MT
REVENUES @ $235/MT
3.2mn MT
REVENUES @ $400 / MT
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Rice Value Chain Nigeria is the largest importer of rice in the world, spending N356bn (>$2bn) per year Federal Government raised tariff on imported brown rice and finished rice Achievement Highlights In the last year, we produced 690,000 MT in the main season Do re o
We did 1.1 million MT during the dry season, the first time in Nigeria’s history 13 New Rice Mills with a total capacity of 240,000 MT have been set up by the private sector $1.2 billion financing from the China Exim Bank for private sector-owned100 large scale rice processing plants (3 million MT capacity), with a capacity to substitute imports Dominion Farms invested $40 million in commercial rice production on 30,000 Ha in Taraba State 1
High Quality Nigerian Rice Rolled Out:Rice, EBONY Rice, Ebonyi (March High Quality Nigerian Rice: EBONY Ebonyi 2012)
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ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Supported 268,000 farmers on 264,000 Ha in Ten Northern States Figure 6 Number of Farmers Impacted Measure: Thousands of Farmers
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ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Added Over 1 Million MT of Rice to Domestic Production Figure 7 Rice Produced By State in ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Measure: Thousands of Metric Tons
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ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Has Injected 77 Billion Naira Into the Economy of 10 Northern States Figure 8 Gross Economic Impact By State Measure: Billions of Naira
Ref Appendix F
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ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Has Increased the Incomes of farmers by 32 Billion Naira in 10 Northern States Figure 9 Net Income Impact By State Measure: Billions of Naira
Ref Appendix F
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ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Has Created 460,000 Jobs in 10 Northern States Figure 10 Job Creation Due to Dry Season Rice Measure: Thousands of Jobs
Ref Appendix A
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Sorghum Transformation Goal: •
Make Nigeria the largest processor of food sorghum in the world
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Unleash new economic opportunities for sorghum farmers across the north
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New High Yielding Sorghum Hybrids Released by Nigerian Scientists 515 MT of new sorghum seeds distributed to 51,500 farmers, and planted on 51,500 ha
Two sorghum hybrids were released, with yield of 3.5-4 MT per ha compared to the normal yield of 0.5-0.8 MT per ha. 1,000 MT of certified seeds produced to plant 100,000 ha of sorghum in 2013 season 3
Sorghum Value-Chain to Expand the Production of Beverages from Malted Sorghum
Nigeria to Have the Largest High Energy Foods Plant in Africa Partnerships developed for the establishment of the largest high energy foods plant in Africa, using sorghum, maize and soybeans for fortified foods. Strategic partnership developed with the World Food Program to purchase high energy foods from Nigeria
Private Sector Partners include:
Dangote flour milling/foods
Honeywell Superfine Foods LifeCare Ventures Malting Dala Foods, Kano
Aba malting plant
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Cocoa Value Chain 2015 Goal: Double production to 500,000 MT through improved productivity, rehabilitation of cocoa plantations and bringing new areas into cultivation Achievement Do re o
420,000 of high yielding cocoa hybrid pods or over 14 million cocoa seedlings distributed (free of charge) 13,000 ha cultivated in hybrids 2,500 hydrocarbon free jute bags distributed to farmers 4,000 pumps procured for farmers 50,544 farmers benefitted 3
Oil Palm Transformation Action Plan
Drive economic Growth for South-South, South-East and South-West region states
Replace importation of 300,000 MT of vegetable oil ($US 500 Million) annually
Achievement Highlights
1.34 million sprouted seedlings provided to 18 oil palm estates (free of charge)
A total of 9 million sprouted seedlings has being distributed this year, including to smallholder farmers (free of charge)
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification of farms
Increased private sector investments in new plantations
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Cotton Value Chain Achievement Highlights 1,506 tons of improved cotton seed was distributed free of charge to 38,000 farmers in Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kaduna states, respectively. Do re o
75,319 hectares of cotton was planted by an estimated 38,000 farmers. The seeds are valued at N234 million. 9 of the 17 functional private ginneries have been revamped
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Summary of Key Initiatives By Value Chain Cassava
24 Million improved stems distributed to plant 10,000 Ha
Sorghum
500MT of improved seed distributed to cultivate 40,000 Ha
Oil Palm
Distribution of 4 million sprouted nuts to plant 28,000 Ha
Cotton
1,506 MT of improved seed distributed to plant 75,000 Ha
Cocoa
Distributed 114 million improved seeds to plant 100,000 Ha
Rice-Dry Rice-Rainy
Maize
264,000 Hectares supported to produce over 1 Million MT of rice paddy 7,100 MT of improved seed distributed to plant 117,000 Ha 67,000 MT of improved seed distributed to plant 3.5 million Ha
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Agricultural Transformation Agenda Adds 9 Million MT of Food in First Year Including Rainy Season and Dry Season activity: 80% Above 5 Million MT Food Target in 2012 and 45% of Its Total Target of 20 Million MT for 2015 Figure 1 Realized Additional Food Production Measure: Thousand of Metric Tons
Ref Appendix F
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ATA Stimulated 2.7 Million Jobs in Rainy Season and Dry Season of 2012 across the value chain: 77% of the 2015 Target and Protected an Additional 1.2 Million Jobs Figure 2 Jobs Created July 2011 to 2012 Measure: Thousands of Jobs Distribution of 4 million sprouted nuts to plant 28k Ha 500MT of improved seed distributed to cultivate 40k Ha 24 Million improved stems distributed to plant 10k Ha
67,000 MT of improved seed distributed to plant 3.5 million Ha
Produced 114 million improved seeds to plant 100k Ha 1,506 MT of improved seed distributed to plant 75,000 Ha
264,000 Hectares supported to produce over 1 Million MT of rice paddy
Value Chain jobs across maize, rice and cassava
Growth Enhancement Support protected to 1.2 Million farmers
7,100 MT of improved seed distributed to plant 117k Ha
Ref Appendix A, B
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ATA Has Injected 591 Billion Naira Into The Economy Due to Its Activity In Five Value Chains, Cassava, Rice (Dry Season and Rainy Season), Sorghum, Maize and Cotton Figure 3 Gross Economic Impact Measure: Billions of Naira
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ATA Has Increased Nigerian Farmers’ Net Income by 174 Billion Naira Due to Its Activity in Five Value Chains, Cassava, Rice (Dry Season and Rainy Season), Sorghum, Maize and Cotton Figure 4 Net Economic Impact Measure: Billions of Naira
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The Need for Affordable Agricultural Financing is Being Tackled NIRSAL, the new CBN financing framework for agriculture, will unlock $3.5 bn of loans from banks at attractive interest rates NIRSAL : ₦75 bn assets to stimulate lending by banks and other financiers Risk sharing Facility (₦45B) Shares lending risks with banks (e.g. 50% loss incurred)
Insurance Facility (₦4.5B)
Technical assistance facility (₦9B)
Agricultural bank rating scheme (₦1.5B)
Bank incentive mechanism (₦15B)
Link insurance products to the loan provided by the banks to loan beneficiaries
Build the capacity of banks, microfinance institutions Build capacity of agricultural value chains Expand financial inclusion
Rate banks according to their effectiveness of lending to agriculture .
Targeted incentives that move banks to a long term, strategic commitment to agricultural lending
GOAL Expand bank lending in agricultural value chains
NIRSAL is Facilitating SINGLE DIGIT Interest Rate Financing for Agriculture Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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International Partnerships Are Being Formed To Promote Innovative Financing Initiatives US Government $100 Million of Guarantees To Complement NIRSAL
USAID Administrator, Minister of Agriculture and Central Bank Governor at the MoU Signing Event on 17th January 2013 4
Government is Launching The Fund for Agricultural Financing in Nigeria (FAFIN) From Concept to Reality in Less than A Year Overview of FAFIN •
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Structure of FAFIN
Funding: Capitalized initially by the Public Sector ($25 million from the Ministry and KfW), but scaled with Private Sector capital Management: Independent, privatesector fund manager Target investees: Primarily MSMEs, with select MFIs and other investments Instruments: Long-term, tailored, and local currency denominated finance, as well as quasi-equity, and other innovative financing instruments Exits: Graduate MSMEs to other forms of commercial finance FAFIN seeks to generate inclusive growth in agriculture and to increase commercial capital available for agriculture Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Private Investors Are Increasingly Taking Notice of the Nigerian Agriculture Opportunity $3.3 Billion of Investment Commitments in Executed Letters of Intent Committed Investors
Value Chain Focus
Local and international operational and financial investors have committed to investing across all stages of the agricultural supply chain
Planned investments in priority value chains including: aquaculture, cassava, dairy, livestock, maize, mango, orange, palm oil, pineapple, rice, rubber, sesame, tomato, wheat
UMZA INTERNATIONAL FARMS
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Additional $6 Billion Indicated Commitments
Ministry ofDevelopment Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria SOURCE: Federal Ministry ofFederal Agriculture and Rural
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Over 30 High-Profile Private Investor Meetings Held at Ministry Since January 2013
SOURCE: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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Teragro Invests N1billion ($6.2 million) in Processing of Fruit Juice Concentrates
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Dansa Foods Invests $45 million in Planting and Processing of Fruits to Juice Concentrate in Cross Rivers State
Work with New Varieties
Nursery Establishment
Newly Planted Field
Tomato Processing Nigeria is Sub-Saharan Africa’s Largest Tomato Producer Favourable Production Profile 1,500
880 507
Nigeria Cameroon South Africa
407
Kenya
340
250
180
Ghana Tanzania Benin
2011 Production, Tonnes (000s)
Nigeria is the biggest tomato producer in Sub-Saharan Africa and the 14th largest tomato producer globally Source: FAOSTAT
However, tomatoes are not processed locally, leading to increasing import dependency of tomato paste Growing Tomato Paste Imports
86
CAGR 18%
22 16
2000
2005 Tonnes (000s)
2010
Nigeria is the 8th largest importer of tomato paste in the world 2010 Rank
Country
Imports (Thousand Tonnes)
1
Germany
226
2
Italy
174
3
United Kingdom
154
4
Russia
147
5
France
109
6
Japan
105
7
Iraq
100
8
Nigeria
86
9
Poland
79
10
Libya
70
Source: FAOSTAT; Global Advanced Research Journal of Agricultural Science, “Investment Opportunities in Tomato Processing in Kano,� December 2012; Industry Interviews
Dansa Foods Invests $30 million in Tomato Farming and Processing in Kano State
Tomato Farm Greenhouse
Tomato Processing Plant
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Livestock Opportunity Private Investor Invests $6 Million in Halal Certified Beef Halal Certified Processing PlantBeef Investment Takes Off in Nigeria
CAPACITY/day • 300 Cows • 890 Sheep • 1870 Goats
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Major Financial Institutions are Backing Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA)
$500 million $80 million
$500 million $250 million
Nigeria now Priority country $5 Million $ 1.5 Million
$ 100 Million
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President’s Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on the ATA Convened in Geneva on 22nd January 2013 Advise on Optimal Strategies in Implementing Nigeria’s ATA
EGP Members; Kanayo F. Nwanze (President, IFAD), Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh (CEO, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.), Bill Gates (Chairman, Microsoft), Kofi Annan (Former UN Secretary General) and Donald Kaberuka (President, African Development Bank), with H.E. President Goodluck E. Jonathan and Hon. Minister Akinwumi A. Adesina
Nigeria’s Agricultural Agenda Featured at Dedicated Session at the 2013 World Economic Forum Davos - 23rd January 2013
Score Card Summary
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ATA Strategy is to Provide an Enabling Environment for the Private Sector to Invest in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector Making Agriculture a business, not a development project Agribusiness and Food
• Over $8 Billion in commitments to existing and planned investments
Inputs
• Expansion of Notore’s Plant with a joint investment of $1.3 Billion by Notore and Mitsubishi Corporation
Processing
• Development of 3 agricultural Staple Crop Processing Zones
• Dangote Group investing $ 3.5 Billion to put up largest urea plant in Africa • Indorama investing $1.2 billion in new fertilizer plant
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Cassava Transformation Plan Driving Economic Development Through Value Addition
Target Targets
Status
Achievement
1.) Secure 900,000 Mt of dried cassava chip export contracts by 2015
Ahead of Target
• 2.2 Million achieved in 2012; 1.3 Million ahead of target
2.) To ensure On Target sustained supply of high quality cassava flour by 2014
• 1.3 Million Mt of HQCF provided in 2012 • 40% substitution attainable
3.) To increase use of cassava and reduce importation of wheat by 2012
• Wheat Imports declined from 4.05 million MT in 2010 to 3.7 million MT in 2012
On Target
• Cassava Bread Development Fund funded through wheat tariffs
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Rice Transformation Plan Nigeria Will be Self Sufficient in Four Years
Target Targets
Status 2012
1.) To make Nigeria On Target self sufficient in rice production and ensure availability of adequate numbers of integrated mills in 2014
Achievement 2012 • 1.76 Million Mt of Rice Paddy Production (2012/2013) • Pioneer government dry season rice support policy • 14 Integrated rice Mills planned: total capacity of over 850,000 Mt
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Growth Enhancement Support (GES) Putting Inputs Directly in the Hands of Farmers
Target
Status 2012
Achievement 2012
1.) To Provide Fertilizer and Other Agricultural Inputs Directly to Farmers
On Target
• Delivered subsidized seed and fertilizer to 1.5 million farmers within 120 days • Increased the percentage of farmers receiving subsidized inputs from 11% under old system to 70% • Growth in the number of seed companies from 11 to 70 • Federal savings of N25 Billion
2.) To Develop Farmer Database
On Target
• 4.2 Million farmers registered in 2012 • 10 Million farmers registered in 2013
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The Success of ATA has impacted the Nigerian Economy Target
Targets
Status
Achievement
1.) Increase agricultural Ahead of contribution to non-oil Target export and increase earnings by $128 Billion by 2012
• Earnings increased by N759Billion in 2012
2.) To increase agricultural exports by 364,308Mt
Ahead of Target
• Exports increased by 821, 588Mt in 2012
3.) To reduce agricultural imports by N350 billion by 2012
Ahead of Target
• Imports reduced by N857 Billion by 2012
4.) To create 3.5 Million jobs by 2015
Ahead of Target
• 2.2 Million jobs already created by 2012/2013
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Flood Recovery
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Inundation and Crop loss in 12 worst affected states of Nigeria Using Satellite Imagery and Remote Sensing
State
Inundation (Ha)
Total Cultivated Total Cultivated crop Area (sq. Crop Area (Ha) km.)
Crop loss (Ha)
% of cultivated area that FGN fund experienced disbursed to loss at peak States (â‚Ś)m inundation
Anambra
118300
42100
1079.9
107990
39
500
Kogi
341900
72200
2506.7
250670
28.8
500
Bayelsa
11600
569
30.8
3080
18.5
500
Taraba
256800
106400
7515.4
751540
14.2
400
55500
18500
1674.2
167420
11.1
400
151800
31700
3082
308200
10.3
500
17400
6730
760.3
76030
8.9
500
Nasarawa
152100
49900
7355.8
735580
6.8
400
Niger
187900
52800
9812
981200
5.4
400
Benue
93200
25800
5269.8
526980
4.9
500
Kebbi
7470
1490
985
98500
1.5
250
Edo Adamawa Delta
Rivers Total
Total cultivated area (National) (Ha) Percentage of Cultivated area lost (%)
2330 1,393,970
410,519
300 4,007,190
40,000,000 1.03
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Flood Recovery Food Production Programme ₦ 9.7 Billion Budget approved by Mr. President Release of food from strategic food reserve Release 40,000Mt of Maize, sorghum, millet and Gari food from the reserve silos across the country
Accelerated acquisition of improved seeds for farmers • 14,300 MT of rice seed to plant 300,000 ha of rice for flood recovery • 16,831 MT of rice seed for dry season cultivation on 336,000 ha of rice land • 111 MT of 60-days maturing maize to plant 5,500 ha • 170,000 bundles of cassava bundles to plant 3,400 ha; • 7.2 million yam cuttings to plant 120 ha • Banana and plantain
Farm Input Support for Farmers for flood recovery and dry season cultivation Inputs are being distributed to 260,000 farmers 1.
Affected farmers receive inputs free of charge
2.
Farmers in non-affected areas in flood affected states receive subsidized inputs to produce more food for their states
3.
Farmers in other parts of Nigeria not affected by the floods receive improved seeds and fertilizers, pumps etc. to produce more food
4.
Accelerated dry season production of maize and rice in 10 States in Northwest region
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Distributing Grains to Flood Victims Leveraging of Strategic Grain Reserves 6
Flood Recovery Food Production Programme has mitigated food shortage, provided food supply buffer and avoided a food crisis Production of crops under flood recovery plan and dry season maize and rice cultivation Measure: Mt
Increased production under flood recovery food production programme
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Network of silos with 500,000 MT capacity completed in past 12 months Government will concession to private sector to manage and operate
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