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NIRSAL Plc is calling on farmers, farmer leaders & aggregators– particularly for Dry Season and Non-Seasonal Commodities– to take advantage of the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative® formation exercise which is currently structuring farmers for access to finance, training, markets etc.
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NIRSAL PLC is calling on smallholder farmers, farmer leaders and aggregators to take advantage of the NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop® formation exercise which is currently structuring farmers for access to finance, training, inputs and markets. To enroll, kindly visit
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NIRSAL Plc and
@NirsalMFB
(NMFB) are often mistaken to be the same organisation when in fact the 2 organisations have different mandates.
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NIRSAL Plc was recently in Sango Ota, Ogun State for a pre-Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG) issuance visit to Obasanjo Farms Ltd.
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Through the NIRSAL Credit Risk Guarantee, NIRSAL Plc has facilitated over N104BN into the agric value chain. Bola Oil Mill Ltd, a Palm kernel processor in Ore, Ondo State applied for a commercial bank loan, and to ease disbursement, approached us to provide CRG cover on the loan.
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NIRSAL Plc conducts visits to verify and monitor beneficiaries' facilities respectively before and after issuing its Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG) on their commercial bank loans.
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The smallest unit of a NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop (AGC) is an AgroGeoCoop Cell of 10 hectares while the largest is a Super Mega AgroGeoCluster of more than 20,000 hectares.
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NIRSAL Plc has been closely monitoring Salid Agricultural Limited’s proper utilisation of a NIRSAL-backed commercial bank loan. Salid, a shea butter processor, accessed the loan for expansion purposes.
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NIRSAL Plc continues to move towards its target of creating 16,000 Agro Geo-Cooperatives®️ for 4 million smallholder farmers across Nigeria. This will ease agric funding, boost productivity, and increase farmers’ incomes.
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God’s Own MPCS AgroGeoCoop, a NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop in Ossissa Community, Ndokwa East LGA, Delta State is set for 2020 wet season maize production under the NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop model. We visited the group’s farm where land clearing is nearing completion in preparation for planting.
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NIRSAL Plc and the CBN's Anchor Borrowers' Programme: The Incontrovertible facts beyond baselees fictions.
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NIRSAL Plc continues to upsell its Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) model to smallholder farmers and sensitize them on the NIRSAL AGC formation process
#DeRiskingAgriculture
#FacilitatingAgribusiness
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Before approving participation in the NIRSAL Plc AgroGeoCoop® (AGC) programme, we sensitize farmers on the programme's modalities and clarifiy misconceptions. One such misconception is that it is a NIRSAL Plc loan while in fact, we're linking farmers with commercial financing.
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NIRSAL Plc continues to create a safe agribusiness investment environment for financiers. Through farmer & land verification, project monitoring and primarily, BVN enrolment, NIRSAL Plc puts risk-mitigating mechanisms in place to ensure investors get profitable returns.
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One of the subplots to the meeting between
@MBuhari
and Angela Merkel today is the signing of an MoU between NIRSAL (Nigeria) and PETKUS (Germany). The MOU will foster mechanized agriculture in support of Nigeria’s Agricultural Promotion Policy.
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NIRSAL Plc conducts continuous project monitoring and evaluation to remediate against possible risks, ensure good agricultural practices are adhered to and inputs are properly utilised.
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Through our Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG), NIRSAL Plc was able to facilitate a commercial bank loan for Therefore Farms, a poultry farm in Achalla-Ibusa, Asaba, Delta State in need of finance for expansion.
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An often-overlooked advantage of NIRSAL Plc’s AgroGeoCoop® (AGC) formation exercise is the promotion of financial inclusion. In Ilu Dada, Ondo State, Joe Cosmos farmer group has expressed interest to participate in the NIRSAL AGC programme, however...
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NIRSAL Plc often gets enquiries asking what a farm’s GPS coordinates are and why it is imperative to record them. Firstly, as it relates to NIRSAL Plc programmes, coordinates are the longitudinal and latitudinal points of each farm’s four extreme points.
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Aquaculture production in Nigeria is on the rise and to consolidate this growth, NIRSAL Plc through its AgroGeoCoop formation exercise is carrying out numerous activities to ensure aquaculture farmers have access to financing, inputs, training etc.
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When farmers are empowered with knowledge on modern farming practices and basic bookkeeping, the chances of them defaulting on loan repayments is significantly reduced.
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Following our company-wide internal knowledge sharing session on the importance of adopting, integrating and financing climate-smart methodologies and approaches in all of NIRSAL’s projects and programmes, we held a similar contact session with our external climate partners.
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In addition to linking farmers with finance, NIRSAL Plc also links farmers with offtakers to ensure their produce has market ab initio. This also guarantees farmer income & loan repayment, thereby protecting investors’ funds.
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Once NIRSAL’s Credit Risk Guarantee
#CRG
facility is activated for an agribusiness project, our field units are also activated to monitor the project throughout its lifecycle to ensure success and loan repayment.
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Every completed NIRSAL Plc project is a testament that NIRSAL Plc’s approach of agriculture as a business is the way forward. This approach creates value for financiers, offtakers, other value chain players, and most importantly, it leaves smiles on farmers’ faces.
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@EzekielBabatola
We're NIRSAL Plc not NIRSAL Microfinance Bank. To find out about NIRSAL Plc, kindly visit . For enquiries on MSME loans, NYIF, AGSMEIS loan and COVID 19 Credit Facility, kindly contact
@NirsalMFB
, info
@nmfb
.com.ng or 094621730
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The NIRSAL Plc Agro Geo-Cooperative® programme is in full swing nationwide. In Rivers State, our Project Monitoring, Reporting and Remediation Officers (PMROs) have been verifying successful applicants’ data.
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DISCLAIMER: NIRSAL IS NOT CALLING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ANY FARMING GRANTS WHATSOEVER
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The Edo State Agripreneur Programme is in full swing. In Usugbenu, Esan Central LGA of Edo State, NIRSAL joined Government officials and other partners in carrying out a sensitization exercise for participating farmers under the Usugbenu Cluster of the programme.
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Today our Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ formation process takes us to Jere LGA of Borno State where our Project Monitoring, Reporting and Remediation Officers (PMROs) validated a proposed rice farm which requires NIRSAL’s facilitation for commercial financing.
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Happy Birthday to an exemplary leader. A true visionary dedicated to revolutionising Agriculture and impacting lives.
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Among other things, land verification makes sure farmers’ lands fall within NIRSAL’s Agricultural Commodity Ecological Areas (ACEAs) where crops have the most environmental and economic advantage.
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The Nigeria Farmers Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) in Ga'ate village, Kokona LGA of Nasarawa state recently carried out threshing, winnowing and bagging of maize as part of post-harvest activities.
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Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures are a critical risk-mitigation tool which is why it is integrated into the enrolment stage of the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ enrolment process.
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In support of the Federal Government’s efforts at restoring socioeconomic stability in Borno State and the North-East in general, NIRSAL Plc supported the 2020 wet season farming operations of 2,987 maize farmers with inputs, structuring, training and supervision.
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NIRSAL Plc goes to great lengths, literally and figuratively, to ensure affordable commercial financing reaches farmers in every corner of the country.
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Today we’re in Nike, Enugu East LGA of Enugu state where, as part of requirements of the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative® formation process, we inspected a poultry farm belonging to Egbebelu farmer group. We also further sensitized the farmers on the rudiments of the process.
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The NIRSAL Plc Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) model provides a market for AGCs' products by linking them with verified offtakers.
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In the spirit of youth empowerment, NIRSAL Plc is looking to collaborate with the National Directorate of Employment through the respective organisations’ Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) formation exercise and Graduate Farming Scheme (GFS).
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The rationale for integrating equity contribution into financing facilitated by NIRSAL Plc is both to encourage farmers to repay loans and to give comfort to financiers. At the College of Agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa State, NIRSAL Plc gathered...
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Townhall meetings allow project stakeholders to discuss issues and address concerns. This ensures synergy and ultimately, increases loan repayment. In Kano, we held townhalls for various farmer groups as part of the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative® formation process.
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After structuring, training and inputs supply comes planting. As part of the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) formation exercise, we are now supporting rice, maize and soybean farmers...
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NIRSAL Plc continues its end-to-end support of 475 female cassava farmers in Uyo through the introduction of the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ approach into the CBN Anchor Borrowers’ Programme.
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The Enrolment Stage into a NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ involves the following activities: Know Your Farm's (KYF) Geographic Coordinates, Know Your Neighbour (KYN), Know Your Customer (KYC), Election of Leaders and Completion/Submission of the enrolment form.
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A NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop is a farmer financing accountability system that amongst other things, governs farmers’ behaviour at an individual and group level. This is achieved largely through help from community leaders.
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"We were able to leverage- in spite of the COVID challenges- up to about N18 billion in the first and second quarter (2020)"- Aliyu Abdulhameed, Managing Director/CEO, NIRSAL Plc. For the full interview, kindly visit
https://youtu.be7XDPRnnM5mI.
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NIRSAL Plc continues its end-to-end support of 475 female cassava farmers in Akwa Ibom State. After structuring them, linking them with commercial financing and providing them with training, inputs, mechanized land preparation & planting...
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In order to assess progress and set developmental goals, the socio-economic impact of each NIRSAL project is measured.
For this purpose, we carried out a crop cutting exercise to ascertain the tonnage per hectare of sesame produced in Doma LGA of Nasarawa state.
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Following site verification for farmland proposed for NIRSAL Plc projects, our state offices report on the assessment to the Field-ICT Business Unit (H/O).
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NIRSAL Plc, in addition to implementing its Agribusiness initiatives & models, remains a PFI in
@cenbank
’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). Through the ABP, NIRSAL has brought about profound socio-economic development, none more so than women empowerment & financial inclusion.
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In line with NIRSAL Plc’s AgroGeoCoop (AGC) formation exercise, prequalified AGC leaders who have satisfactorily completed the NIRSAL Plc AGC enrolment form via are being contacted by the Heads of our PMROs to commence next stages.
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Loan repayment marks the end of a successful farming season under the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) model. To achieve 100% repayment, NIRSAL Plc uses various tools, one of which is season-long engagements with traditional leaders.
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NIRSAL Plc remains an avenue for youth empowerment and socio-economic development for state governments nationwide. In Nasarawa State, we are collaborating with H.E Governor Abdullahi Sule’s administration to better the lives of its citizens through agribusiness.
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As NIRSAL Plc edges closer to its medium to long-term target of structuring 8 million farmers into 16,000 NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperatives®️ nationwide, we validated and mapped a combined 3,941 hectares of farmland in Argungu, Zuru, Bunza and Ngaski LGAs of Kebbi State.
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NIRSAL Plc is fully aware of the adverse effects of climate change on agricultural productivity. As a stakeholder in the fulfilment of Nigeria's Paris Climate Agreement commitments, NIRSAL Plc is dedicated to making these targets realities.
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As part of NIRSAL Plc’s activities in fixing and linking Agricultural Value Chain segments, we inspected a rice mill in Elele, Rivers State which has expressed interest in off-taking rice produced by NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative® farmers.
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Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy and prosperous new year.
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NIRSAL has taken great strides towards facilitating Agribusiness, achievements which, on a broader scale are creating positive social and macroeconomic impacts. As a testament to NIRSAL's efforts, Vice President
@ProfOsinbajo
noted that the Federal Government would leverage on...
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In an exclusive interview on Arise Xchange, Aliyu Abdulhameed, Managing Director/CEO, NIRSAL Plc, spoke about NIRSAL’s role in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers' Programme (ABP). To watch the entire video, visit .
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In adherence to the principles of all-inclusive growth, NIRSAL Plc is empowering 475 female farmers in Uyo for cassava production. According to its Agro Geo-Cooperative® (AGC) model, NIRSAL Plc structured the farmers into a group aptly named the Uyo Women AGC.
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Rice, maize, cassava, sesame and soybean farmers in Nigeria’s North-Central region are positioned for an increase in yields and improvement in livelihoods following NIRSAL Plc’s support for their 2020 wet season farming activities under the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP)
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Our finance facilitation drive takes us to Akure today where we visited Sky Catfish fish hatchery. During the exercise, we assessed the agribusiness’s facilities & financials and advised its Management on the most suitable financing options required for business growth.
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A key expertise of NIRSAL Plc is fixing & catalysing the flow financing into broken value chains. As part of activities to develop a business case for the pineapple value chain, we visited a pineapple farm in Aduhanhan, Uhunmwonde LGA, Edo State.
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We are closer to structuring Wonderful Works Multipurpose Cooperative Society into a NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC). In our latest engagement, we held a second-level engagement with 40 farmers from the group for cassava cultivation in Eket LGA of Akwa Ibom State.
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A group of young rice farmers in Okorosa Community, Cross River state recently approached NIRSAL Plc for participation in the NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC)formation exercise.
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In 2019, NIRSAL Plc guaranteed Salid Agricultural Ltd’s bank loan through the NIRSAL Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG). Since then, Salid Ltd, a shea butter processor, has expanded its operations through the purchase of more locally-produced shea and improved processing equipment.
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NIRSAL Plc’s partnership with the Nasarawa state government continues to record milestones, putting the project firmly on track to deliver on its objectives of impacting farmers’ lives while ensuring investors are also rewarded.
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We are honoured to have had the opportunity of paying a visit to President
@MBuhari
, GCFR where our Managing Director/CEO,
@aliyu_hameed
, briefed the President on the activities and achievements of NIRSAL Plc. after its 3 plus years of operation.
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As a fallout of NIRSAL’s participation at the recent induction held for incoming and returning Governors, Governor-elect of Borno State,
@ProfZulum
visited NIRSAL’s Head Office to explore partnership opportunities between NIRSAL and
@BornoGovt
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Through the NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop® model, we provide risk-free, profitable agribusiness opportunities for investors. In Anegbette, Edo State, farmers of the Pemo Rice Farmers Cooperative Society executed NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop® documents in preparation for formation & linkage to finance
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In line with its mandate to fix broken agricultural value chains and increase the flow of finance into the sector, NIRSAL Plc is championing advocacy for the operationalization of a Secured Agricultural Commodity Transport & Storage Corridor (SATS-C).
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NIRSAL Plc is geared towards fixing breakages along the Agricultural Value Chain (AVC) and linking the AVC segments thereafter. As part of activities to link primary producers in the upstream segment to offtakers in the midstream segment of the AVC...
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"Agric when you convert it from culture to business has the potential to turn around the economy of not only Nigeria." Catch
@aliyu_hameed
, NIRSAL Managing Director/CEO's full interview on NTA's documentary: Nigeria at 60: X-raying the Economic horizon at .
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Our nationwide Project Monitoring, Reporting and Remediation Offices (PMROs) are in constant engagement with farmers and stakeholders on the progress of projects and how best to manage them.
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Following the recent flag-off event in support of farmers in Borno state, we’ve held similar exercises in Taraba and Gombe states.
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Uyo Women Agro Link AGC are preparing to harvest their cassava farm. Our Field Officers have worked closely with them, monitoring their crops, throughout the production cycle.
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NIRSAL Plc is steadily approaching its medium to long-term target of establishing 16,000 NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperatives®️.
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The Cost of Production (COP) for each farming season serves as a guide for inputs, loan amounts etc that NIRSAL Plc facilitates for farmers. It is therefore pertinent for farmers and all other stakeholders to agree and endorse a unified CoP.
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NIRSAL Plc's nationwide presence allows it to connect with farmers in remote locations most in need of financial inclusion and support.
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Following NIRSAL Plc’s recent support of members of the Borno state chapter of the Maize Dealers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MDMAN)...
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By incorporating the concept of Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) formation into the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), NIRSAL Plc has been able to ease thousands of farmers’ access to affordable financing nationwide.
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Like
@UN
, NIRSAL Plc is focused on solving socioeconomic problems troubling local and international communities, through agriculture. We had the pleasure of hosting the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN,
@AminaJMohammed
, during which we discussed our shared areas of interest.
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NIRSAL Plc recently met with leaders of Banka and Wisemen Agro Geo-Cooperatives®️ in Ikire, Irewole LGA, Osun State to reassess their farmlands and re-enlighten them on procedures of the CBN ABP in preparation for cassava production during the 2021 wet season farming.
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Smallholder farmer groups and other agribusiness operators can access from as low as N5m to as high as N2b commercial loans for their agribusinesses leveraging the NIRSAL Credit Risk Guarantee facility.
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To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural productivity and food security, NIRSAL is scaling its AgroGeoCoop® formation exercise to mainstream millions of smallholder farmers to formal finance, markets, inputs, training etc. Read more here: .
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The NIRSAL KYF (Know-Your-Farm) is the field designation of NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperatives®️which entails the documentation of geo-coordinates and sizes of individual farm plots. In Adamawa state, we carried out this exercise for AGCs in preparation for the 2020 dry season farming.
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The calls of
@MBuhari
's Administration for foreign investments is resonating in Germany indeed. With the credit guarantees NIRSAL provides, captive markets for investors and value-chain fixing innovations, agriculture is one of the readiest sectors to receive and reward investors
With a substantial percentage of the world’s arable land and over half of that uncultivated, it is becoming clearer that the world will be looking to Africa, and Nigeria in particular, as its food basket.
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Despite the challenges faced in 2020, NIRSAL Plc had a productive and impactful year. In particular, the nationwide NIRSAL Agro Geo-Cooperative®️ (AGC) formation exercise recorded considerable success.
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Through its participation in the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, NIRSAL has successfully supported farmers of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Cassava Growers Association from pre-planting, through planting.
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Nigeria’s Agric sector can adequately service its export market only when its value chain segments are fixed. Firstly- through a value-chain approach- farmers in the upstream must be supported to produce raw materials for the midstream to process before export to the downstream.
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Sending our warm wishes to you on this special day. May it be filled with peace, love and happiness.
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To boost fish farming in Nigeria, NIRSAL Plc is collaborating with The Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN).
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To ensure loan repayment, NIRSAL Plc has already set in motion debt recovery processes in preparation of harvest by rice farmers at Goronyo LGA of Sokoto State.
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