Building a chain of sustainable food systems to feed Nigeria`s rising population
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Grains supplies to industrial food processing companies in Nigeria can be integrated and better improved by ensuring that at the farmer's stage, these grains are harvested and bagged at the best quality, and where poor quality is observed at the point of procuring from farmers, they can be further cleaned by more formally operated and organized mid-value chain players like our company-- who can then be relied upon to deliver these grains to the large processors at the best quality and prices. This and more, are some of the solutions we are putting forward.
At Hemam Synergy, we are supporting poor rural smallholder farmers in Nigeria to achieve better yield per hectare for food security and to promote financial inclusion. We are helping to solve the inputs, knowledge, and market gap challenges of smallholder farmers in Nigeria and tackling the raw material supply-chain problems that large agro-industrial and food processing companies continue to face in Nigeria. Grains supplies remain largely disintegrated and fragmented for most of the large agro-industrial and food processing companies operating in Nigeria. This is because, the movement of grains from farmers to processors still largely take the path of “Small-holder farmers-Grains Merchants (who mostly operate informally but with lots of cash)-Processors”.
Grains supplies to industrial food processing companies in Nigeria can be integrated and better improved by ensuring that at the farmer's stage, these grains are harvested and bagged at the best quality, and where poor quality is observed at the point of procuring from farmers, they can be further cleaned by more formally operated and organized mid-value chain players like our company-- who can then be relied upon to deliver these grains to the large processors at the best quality and prices. This and more, are some of the solutions we are putting forward.
Primarily, we are :
Building a chain of sustainable food systems to feed Nigeria`s rising population
Disrupting the cycle of poverty and hunger in Nigeria-particularly for smallholder farmers
Modelling the fastest growing mid-value chain agro financing and grain aggregation company in Nigeria.
Through our innovative process of capacitating smallholder farmers – the base of Nigeria’s primary food production, we are changing the narrative of Nigeria’s agricultural ecosystem. Across communities where our business operates in Kaduna state, our program is called in Hausa language Cigaban Manoma (which literally translates to – “the progressive farmers”). We take 3 unique approaches in implementing our program across these communities.
Where our target crops (maize, paddy rice, and Soybeans) are largely cultivated, work with community leaders to identify viable farmers, verify the location and size of their lands, capture their biometrics, and enlist qualified farmers into our CIGABAN MANOMA (PROGRESSIVE FARMERS) program using WORKBENCH ERP SOFTWARE. For each community, we divided these farmers into groups we call Accountability Group; each comprising 4 farmers – President, secretary, and 2 members. Two members of each AG must be women. We enter executed agreements with these farmers with a signed guarantee from their community leaders clearly stating their commitments to the project. We provide these farmers with the training and the inputs they need to cultivate their lands on credit. Beginning in 2022, inputs will include AGROTAIN for urea treatment to prevent Nitrogen loss from soil. we require farmers to pay back the inputs loan with grains after harvests at prices below market rate and off-take their excess grains at above market rate.
In a bid to achieving zero hunger, job creation, economic growth, social and financial inclusion, we provide credible and transparent funding channels for agro-inputs to smallholder farmers. Additionally, we train smallholder farmers on best agronomy practices to enable them achieve better yields.
We serve as premium market channel to smallholder farmers by aggregating and procuring grains from them. We also provide market linkages to the farmers we are unable to directly offtake.
We are a trusted partner for delivering high-quality grains to large industrial agro-processing companies and consumer markets thus defragmenting access to quality raw materials for production needs.
We are pushing out new tools and applications to help better manage our farmer's engagement and operational processes
Our communities of smallholder farmers are grouped and structured in such ways that allow seamless coordination, communication, and sharing of information and experiences
By supporting farmers with the right inputs, knowledge, and market access, we are unleashing the potential of rural smallholder farmers who constitute the primary base of Nigeria`s food systems
In the end, farmers who come under our support are achieving higher yields per hectare, earning more income, and have improved socio-economic lives.
WE ARE GROWING WITH TRUST
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They provided me with the needed tools and funds to increase my farming output and capacity
Farmer
I was really helped by their agro-fund provision program. I was able to get tools to increase my farm products
Farmer
I was provided with a land and a job. I can farm on it and take the produce while giving them their share.
Farmer
It was a like a play, when they gave us fertilizers and provided monitoring for us so as to grow better crops.
Farmer
As part of their skill acquisition, I was trained and now I'm gradually owning my own mega farm.
Farmer
They showed me and my family how to plant our crops better and provided fertilizers and treatments for my cattles.
Farmer
We are interested
in helping you scale.
and grow your farm.
Processing of goods
Storage and warehousing
Management and education
Ensuring quality produce
Integrating Agriculture with Technology
Our farmers are autonomous and function on their own. We assign them managers to make sure they meet our productivity
We are here to partner you with farmers and also help local farmers scale and grow their farms.
26. Burundi Street, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja
