Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme – Phase 1

Contribute to employment generation and shared wealth creation along the strategic commodity value chains, as well as food and nutrition security.

COUNTRY/REC Nigeria

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2014 - December 2019

PROJECT SITE Niger, Anambra, Kebbi, Kano

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 AfDB 152,506,200.00
2 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
3 Federal Ministry of Agriculture
4 Central Bank of Nigeria in agricultural financing
5 ATIC
6 Government 21,329,000.00
7 Beneficiaries 1,016,400.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 152,121,200.00 0 0
Loan 385,000.00 0 0
Governmental 21,329,000.00 0 0
Other 1,016,400.00 0 0
Total 174,851,600.00 - 0
Project Goal

Contribute to employment generation and shared wealth creation along the strategic commodity value chains, as well as food and nutrition security.

Project Objectives

Jobs and wealth are generated along the value chains

Food and nutrition security is enhanced

Project Outputs

Infrastructure Development

Commodity Value Chain Development

Project activities

Rehabilitation of irrigation water conveyance canals, access roads, primary schools and community health centers, demonstration and technology centers, community markets and produce storage facilities

provision of potable water supply and sanitation facilities

preparation and implementation of ESMPs.

Capacity development for relevant Ministries’ departments; private and community-based institutions; training value chain actors in technical and managerial skills; promoting use of science & technology;

training in post-harvest reduction methods; business and entrepreneurship training;

training of communities and health workers on prevention and management of common diseases, nutrition and hygiene practices; development of market information system (MIS);

management of environmental and social impacts; implementation of policies to promote private investment in agriculture.

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Project Notes

Target crop: rice, sorghum, cassava, horticulture, cotton, cocoa, oil palm