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Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology38th Annual Conference Sheraton Hotel, LagosTuesday 14 October, 2014.

Food Value Chains: Opportunity for wealth creation and food security

Soybean in Nigeria

Farming as a way of lifeAgriculture as a business

Food Value Chains

Many well functioning businesses are needed to have efficient food value chains.

Loan granting institutionsFarm inputs and mechanizationAgregatorsTransport StorageProcessingWholesaleRetail food salesl

They are sustainable They offer realistic opportunities for food security, job and wealth creation for young people. Why Agribusiness?

Engaging Youth for Agricultural Transformation in Nigeria: The IITA Youth Agripreneurs’ (IYA) model 

UnemploymentThreat to national securityA time bombIntroduction

IYA FormationStart-upIntroduction

Vision built on:Use of improved technology options that will make a difference in people’s lives Facilitating access to markets, seed distribution, crop processing, etc.Skills development in agricultureBusiness development skillsThe IYA-Model

Capacity DevelopmentBest-bet agronomic practicesBusiness skillsThe IYA-Model Re-orientation of youthsSensitization Educational tours and learning visits

MentoringAssigning youths to scientists in different value-chainsTechnical backstoppingThe IYA-Model Gender Balance System

Production of quality planting materialsMaizeSoybeanCassavaPlantain/BananaIYA – ActivitiesOver 5000 suckers multipliedAbout 35ha of cassava About 30ha of soybean seedsAbout 40ha of maize seeds

VegetablesFisheriesIYA – Activities

Post-harvest ProcessingCommunicationIYA – Activities

Training Oases Borno YouthsIYA – ActivitiesEstablishing partnerships with different stakeholders

Public organization(not for profit)Private Organization(for profit)PPP

PPP – Agribusiness Projects and AccomplishmentsWASCO CVCNestlé

General objectives To use a farmers’ cluster model.To recommend a feasible scheme of producing 100,000 t of cassava roots at minimum cost.IITA-WASCO CVC PROJECT

Starch content + cassava tubers

Processing centers and gari production

Job creation/opportunities

Promotion of mechanized farmingFour-row planterTractorIncreased productivities and profitability

starch yield is achievable in farm level identified reliable service providers use mechanized farming and increase profit margins Proved that farmers can make millions through cassava farming   Achievements made over the past 3-4 years

Objectivesmultiplication and dissemination of improved cassava varieties to cluster farmers around industriesTo introduce smallholder farmers to improved cassava production management practicesTo create effective linkages that guarantee the sustainable supply of raw materials (cassava roots) to MATNA and NSM and by extension/implication increase starch supply to NestléNestlé Plc Cassava Value Chain Project

Project locations – SE-axis & SW-axis(0 – 150 km)

Trainings and extension materials725 farmers trained in cassava production Extension materials developed, produced and used Powerline, Ondo State

Supply of stems and plantingImproved stems (30,180 bundles) supplied to 503 farmers to plant 503 ha in 2011 & 2012

Supply of roots to starch factoriesBucket loaderCollection point

Meeting between Nestlé and IITA teams at Flowergate factory, Ogun StateWorkshop in progressMaggi ProjectFactory premises

Action plan from lessons learned

Quality and QuantityPPP for the specific traits needed for a processing company

High vitamin A (yellow) cassava and maizeHigh Starch Cassava

Aflatoxin controlAflasafe

A member of CGIAR consortiumThe Nigerian Cassava Transformation Agenda (CTA) IITA’s support to CTAIt aims to create a new generation of cassava farmers, oriented towards commercial production, and treating farming as a business. Over 284,489 bundles of improved stems distributed to farmers in 2013Support for the Staple Crops Processing Zones

COMMISSIONING 100,000 METRIC TONS SILOS IN SHEDAFG SET ASIDE N50 BILLION MECHANIZATION SUPPORT FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT HIRING ENTERPRISES

FMARD: Staple Crops Processing ZonesImproving investment frameworks for agriculture: this idea focuses on attracting private sector agribusinesses to set up processing plants in zones of high food production, to process commodities into food products.

We must eat what we grow and grow what we eat

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country

Agriserve (Osun and Kogi States)(Edo State)DemonstrationSoil testsMobilization of communities Business plan completed

Let’s all work together to improve the food value chainsThank you