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1. Minister
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
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Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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2. Table of Content
 Introduction
 Ending Corruption in the Fertilizer and Seed Sectors
 Key Achievements
 Dry season rice farming transforms northern Nigeria
 Increase of integrated rice mills
 Achievements in Agricultural Land Resource
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3. Introduction
• Agricultural policy under President
Jonathan has focused on assuring food
security, reducing expenditure of
foreign exchange on food imports,
diversifying the economy, generating
foreign trade and creating jobs.
• Significant steps to move towards a
self-sufficient and sustainable
agriculture economy.
• These revitalization efforts mean
increased investment in the food,
agricultural and agribusiness sector and
a reduced dependence on imports.
• Nigeria is now a net exporter of food.
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4. Ending Corruption in the Fertilizer and Seed Sectors
• Four decades of corruption in fertilizer and seed distribution
ended with direct access by farmers, thereby saving the
government over N25 billion in 2012 alone
• Over 250,000 farmers and youths in Northern states now
profitably engaged in farming.
• First ever database of farmers has been developed with over 6
million farmers registered and now being updated/monitored
annually.
• Private sector seed and fertilizer companies now sell directly to
farmers. Over N15 Billion of seeds have been sold via e-wallet
system.
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5. • Dry season production through irrigation kick-started inn 10
Northern states – Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa,
Gombe, Nigeria, Kogi and Bauchi – resulting in an output of 1.07
million metric tonnes.
• Combined production of Dry Season and Main Season paddy
now 1.79 million metric tonnes.
• Nigeria is on the road to being self-sufficient in rice production
• Production has expanded for high quality Cassava flour to
substitute imported wheat in the baking industry.
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Key Achievements

6. Highlights…
• Nigeria is first African
country to develop e-
Wallet for input
delivery to farmers,
eliminating sharp
practices by
middlemen.
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7. • Federal Government
policies have led to the
establishment of 13
new rice mills by
private investors in
Nigeria.
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Highlights…

8. • There is further boost for non-oil export as China has ordered 3.2
million metric tonnes of dried Cassava chips for ethanol
production
• Nigeria’s food import bill reduced from N1.1 trillion in 2011 to
N648 billion in the following year, placing the country firmly on
the path to food self-sufficiency.
• Over 8 million metric tonnes of food were added to domestic
supply in 2012, about 70% above projection.
• There was a decline in wheat imports to Nigeria from an all-time
high of 4,051,000 MT in 2010 to 3,700,000 MT in 2012
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Key Achievements

9. • The FG recently launched a
self-employment initiative
under the Youth Employment
in Agriculture Programme
(YEAP) called Nagropreneur
programme.
• This scheme, designed to
encourage youths to go into
commercial agriculture as
entrepreneurs, plans to develop
over 750,000 young
Nagropreneur by the end of
2015.
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Key Achievements

10. • The Federal Government
launched Staple Crop Processing
Zones to support investments in
the entire agricultural value
chain.
• At present, there are significant
private investment commitments
from agribusiness ventures such
as: Flour Mills of Nigeria, the
Dangote Group, Syngenta,
Indorama, AGCO, and Belstar
Capital.
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11. • In 2012, 2.2 million metric tonnes
of cassava chips were exported,
exceeding the target by over 100%
• While the 40% substitution of
cassava for wheat has been
achieved through research and
collaboration with the IITA and
Federal Institute for Industrial
Research.
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12. • President Jonathan has
launched the Dry Season
Farm Support Programme to
encourage dry season
farming with N14bn,
representing an increase of
56% over the 2013 season.
• Over 600,000 farmers
registered, representing an
increase of 125% over 2013.
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Key Achievements

13. • Growth enhancement scheme (GES) and electronic wallets (e-wallets)
reach millions and revolutionize farmers’ access to farm inputs
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Key Achievements

14. Dry season rice farming transforms northern Nigeria
• Farmers in ten leading rice
producing states of Kebbi,
Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina,
Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi,
Gombe, Niger and Kogi,
received free 50kg of seeds,
two bags of 15-15-15 NPK
and one bag of Urea were
given to a total of
267,491rice farmers.
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15. • The dry season accelerate
rice production drive will
produce 1,070,364 MT of
paddy, enough to keep 20
integrated mills running till
the main season of 2015
crop harvest.
• Taken with the main
season production, the total
paddy production for
2012/2013 season is
estimated at 1,760,364 MT
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Dry season rice farming transforms northern Nigeria

16. Increase of integrated rice mills
• Government initiated a major policy
reform, by increasing tariff on imported
brown rice and milled rice and raise
incentives for domestic milling of
locally produced paddy rice.
• The policy has paid off with impressive
results. In the first year alone, 14 private
sector rice mills have sprung up with a
total capacity of 240,000 MT.
• . International grade local rice has hit
the market, including Ashi rice, Mikap
rice, Umza rice, Ebony rice and several
others.
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17. Over $8 billion of Private Investment Commitments
Leveraged
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The non-oil exports continue to
experience significant year-on
year growth, with agriculture
accounting for 75% of the total
nonoil export revenue. The
leadership of the President in
driving this is remarkable.

18. Achievements in Agricultural Land Resource
• A Soil survey study was embarked upon to generate useful soil data
necessary to determine crop capacities and suitability.
• The sum of NGN 3,800,000,000 (USD 23,419,400) was budgeted out
of which NGN 1,400,000,000 (USD 8,628,200) has been released,
leaving an outstanding balance of NGN 1,200,000,000 (USD
7,395,600)
• Equipped five NARIS labs, 3 zonal labs and two FECOLART labs
• Procured, processed and geo-referenced raw satellite imagery.
• Produced Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
• Completed TM and contours overlay on imagery and released it to
consultants for field activities
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