Usaid markets prewitt input opportunities

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Agriculture’s Last Mile

1,200,000 Nigerian Farmers

Increase yields of rice, sorghum, sesame, cassava, maize

Grain Yields Around the World

3,500,000 Tons Imported Rice

1,500,000 Tons Local Rice

We demonstrate, Farmers plant

“Technology Push”

Traditional Development

Access and Incentives

What is the Last Mile Problem?

Source: USAID Markets / Lodestar International Rice Point of Sale Survey June 2010 - 9 -Last Mile Solution

What is the Last Mile Problem?

Traditional Solutions

Last Mile Solutions

Agriculture’s Last MileDemonstration Is Not Enough

Aba Malting Plant, Abia StateCurrent capacity: 30,000 MT per annum

Currently processing sorghum from Nigerian Farmers

Farmer buys seed on credit

Planting

Fertilizer and

weeding

Harvest &

Storage

Market Pricing Survey

Buyback, Transpor

t

Delivery / QC

Aba Malting Plant

February - May

USAID MARKETS signs agreement with NARCDB to provide credit at

8% to farmers

Last season, MARKETS Farmers increased yields from 1 MT per hectare to an

average of 2.1 MT per hectare. Average net income increased to 46,750 Naira

Malted sorghum replaces imports of barley. Aba Malting Plant Capacity:

30,000 MT

MARKETS Partner Da Allgreen Seeds provides seeds, advice to farmers, transportation and logistics, limited credit and delivery to the Aba Malting Plant

May - July August - September October January

Farmer Adoption Strategies

Value Chain FinancingSmart SubsidiesDelivery SystemsFinancial Literacy

On-Farm TrialsDemonstration FarmsAgricultural ExtensionFarmer Field Schools

Demand PullTechnology Push

“Last Mile”Traditional

Smart SubsidiesLast Mile Strategies

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In 2010, over 900,000,000 Naira ($6,000,000) in support provided to Nigerian smallholder

farmers through the fertilizer voucher programme. Eighty percent of this funding has

come from State Governments.

Smart Subsidies

“Farming as a business”Financial Literacy

Last Mile Strategies: Demand Pull

Last Mile Strategies: Appropriate Packaging

70 more mills required to replace importsMore Rice Mills Needed

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To produce quality paddy, farmers need seed and fertilizer plus training. This MARKETS demonstration and training site is one of 20 in Benue State.

Average of Other ECOWASNigeria

Benue MARKETS

In 2008 our Olam partnership received a World Business Development Award from the UNDP and International Chamber of Commerce in New York. We’ve also been

cited as a best practice by the World Economic Forum.

Timothy Prewitt, Managing Directortprewitt@nigeriamarkets.org www.nigeriamarkets.org

Create jobs, raise incomes, commercialize agricultureWinrock, IFDC, ICRISAT, BAH, Nathan, IFPRI, IITA144 Local SubcontractsActive in 24 of 36 Nigerian states Agricultural Finance, Policy, Customs Modernization,

Transportation Upgrades, Irrigation Systems

Maize Sorghum Rice Fisheries Sesame Cocoa

MARKETS Value ChainsCowpea Cassava