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Source: USAID Markets / Lodestar International Rice Point of Sale Survey June 2010 - 1 -
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
PlantingFertilizer and
weedingHarvest & Storage
Market Pricing Survey
Buyback, Transport
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. AbaMalting 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 Financing
Smart Subsidies
Delivery Systems
Financial Literacy
On-Farm Trials
Demonstration Farms
Agricultural Extension
Farmer Field Schools
Demand PullTechnology Push
“Last Mile”Traditional
Smart Subsidies
Last Mile Strategies
Source: USAID Markets / Lodestar International Rice Point of Sale Survey June 2010 - 19 -
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 imports
More Rice Mills Needed
Source: USAID Markets / Lodestar International Rice Point of Sale Survey June 2010 - 23 -
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 ECOWAS
NigeriaBenue 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.
Create jobs, raise incomes, commercialize agriculture
Winrock, IFDC, ICRISAT, BAH, Nathan, IFPRI, IITA
144 Local Subcontracts
Active in 24 of 36 Nigerian states
Agricultural Finance, Policy, Customs Modernization,
Transportation Upgrades, Irrigation Systems
Maize Sorghum Rice Fisheries Sesame Cocoa
MARKETS Value Chains
Cowpea Cassava
