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Farms built for named off-takers
We develop farms for smallholder farmers, especially women and young people, and tie each project to a processor that buys the harvest.
Current projects
More than 15,000 hectares under development in Edo and Cross River States, with Okomu Oil Palm, Flour Mills of Nigeria and PZ Wilmar buying what the farmers grow.
5,000 ha
Okomu smallholder oil palm farms
A six-year programme developing oil palm farms for smallholders across four Local Government Areas, with Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC buying the harvest.
- Crop
- Oil palm
- Location
- Edo State, 4 LGAs
- Off-taker
- Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC
10,000 ha
Cassava, maize and soybean farms
Flour Mills of Nigeria supplies the inputs and buys the produce from 10,000 hectares of smallholder farms.
- Crop
- Cassava, maize, soybean
- Location
- Edo State
- Off-taker
- Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC
Intercrop
Maize intercropping
Maize grown between the young palms of the 5,000 hectare Okomu project, giving farmers income before their oil palm matures.
- Crop
- Maize
- Location
- Edo State
- Off-taker
- Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC
Supply
Rubber planting and wet lump supply
We plant rubber trees with farmers and buy their wet rubber lumps for supply to Okomu.
- Crop
- Rubber
- Location
- Edo State
- Off-taker
- Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC
250 ha
Calabar smallholder oil palm farms
Oil palm farms developed so that PZ Wilmar can buy the Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) they produce.
Certification
RSPO certification for smallholders
Taking smallholder oil palm farmers through Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification, with support from IDH.
- Crop
- Oil palm
- Location
- Edo State
- Partner
- IDH
How we turn smallholders into suppliers
Most of our farmers start without finance, inputs or a market. Every project takes them through the same four steps.
Organise
Farmers who cannot get finance on their own join associations and cooperatives. We give priority to women and young people, and support women who want to run farming businesses.
Finance and supply inputs
We supply seedlings, other farm inputs and credit, and work with selected insurers and financial institutions so farmers have lasting access to financial services.
Train
Farmers learn modern practices, technology and smart agriculture, with the goal of turning smallholdings into commercial farms.
Aggregate and deliver
We collect the harvest, keep it traceable to the farm, and handle warehousing, logistics and haulage to processors and consumers.
What we measure
We track the income each crop brings farmers and the food it adds to the domestic economy. The work supports UN Sustainable Development Goal 2, zero hunger: doubling the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, especially women, through sustainable production that improves the land and soil over time.
Crops we promote
Our farmers grow for the markets our partners serve. The list is not closed; we add crops when a buyer needs them.
- Tree crops
- Oil palm, cocoa, rubber
- Cereals
- Rice, maize, wheat
- Roots and tubers
- Cassava, potatoes, yam, ginger
- Legumes
- Soybean, sesame seed, cowpea
- Vegetables
- Pepper, tomato
- Industrial crops
- Cotton, sugarcane
- Livestock
- Fish, poultry, ruminants
- Apiary
- Beekeeping
Terra Agrarisch Limited
Our subsidiary for farm finance and agricultural infrastructure. It builds and funds larger projects through joint ventures with local and international partners.
Farm development
- Joint ventures for medium and large farms
- Land acquisition and development for smallholder and medium-size farmers
- Management of medium and large commercial farms to cut costs for promoters
- Farm house projects
Finance and value chains
- Structured finance for agricultural value-chain projects
- Value-chain management for every participant
Infrastructure
- Renewable power from biomass and solar
- Storage and silo construction and management
- Logistics and agricultural facilities management
- Agricultural processing plants
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