Agriculture in
Nigeria
The work of the Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA) in Nigeria is aligned with the Federal Government’s Agriculture Promotion Policy (APP) or Green Alternative and the Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP).
We support the Government agricultural priorities on building an agribusiness economy for sustainable prosperity through domestic food security, export generation, import substitution and job creation.
200Million
80%
40%
Kehinde Makinde
AGRA NigeriaCountry Manager
Esther Ibrahim
Associate Program Officer Gbemisola Bakare
Program Coordinator
Godswill Aguiyi
Associate Program Officer
Mansir Daroda
Driver/Office Assistant Thomas Arokoyo
Program OfficerContact
Nigeria
No 6, Plot 1413 Ogbagi Street,2nd floor
off Oro-Ago Crescent, Cadastral Zone II,
Garki, Abuja
Email: info@agra.org
Federal Ministry of Agriculture
Kapital Road, Area 11, Abuja, Nigeria
adm@fmard.gov.ng
Challenges in Agriculture
Our objective is to increase the incomes of smallholder farmers and improve food security to reduce shocks and stresses by making investments that catalyze an agricultural transformation. In Nigeria, AGRA works at the Federal level to support agriculture policy reforms and systems development. We also work to improve the incomes and food security of the rice, maize, cassava and soybean farmers in Kaduna and Niger States.
Our Investments
In this decade, AGRA built an asset base in technologies, partnerships and models that can be scaled for significant impact on the status of agriculture in Nigeria. Our strategy and support for Nigeria from 2017 to 2021 seeks to bring all of these elements together to catalyze and sustain inclusive agriculture transformation in Nigeria through contributions to the improvement of productivity and marketing of produce, effectively improving the incomes and food security for at least 1.5 million smallholder farming households. Through an investment of $19 million we seek to support the governments’ (Federal and State) need for a strong agriculture sector with effective coordination and implementation capabilities.
US$25.6 million invested in Nigeria's agricultural industry
Early Results
$9Million
Invested in 8 grants856,250
Farmers Committed to Date
7,367.4MT
Certified Seeds Produced
987
Village-Based Advisers Recruited and Trained$27Million
Value of Produce Sold
106,804
Seed Packs Distributed to Farmers
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