Presentaion by Sotonye Anga at Agrikexpo 2013 Coordinator Agribusiness and Youth Empowerment (CASON)

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We need more
Agvocates

3. ATA
Under the
Agricultural
Transformation
Agenda of
President
Goodluck
Jonathan, The
Honourable
Minister, Dr
Akinwumi
Adesina and his
team have
achieved a lot.
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4. 1
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Ended corruption
in fertilizer
procurement and
distribution.

5. 2
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Introduced the Growth
Enhancement
Scheme(GES) and the E-
wallet that has empowered
several Nigerian peasant
farmers.

6. 3
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Began a major rice
revolution that has
boosted local rice
production and
processing

7. 4
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Averted food crisis
during the worst
flood ever
experienced in
Nigeria

8. THE ATA STRATEGY
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The ATA is Nigeria’s
agenda aimed at adding
20 Million Metric Tons of
food to domestic food
supply and create 3.5
million jobs by 2015

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13. OUR AGRIC STRENGHTS
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84 Million hectares of arable
land
50.4 million hectares (60%)
uncultivated
A whole year of sunshine
230 billion cubic meters of water
80 million youths ( over 70%
unemployed)

14. OUR AGRIC STRENGHTS
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84 Million hectares of arable
land
50.4 million (60%) uncultivated
A whole year of sunshine
230 billion cubic meters of water
80 million youths (70%
unemployed)

15. THE PAINFUL REALITY
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Nigeria is a net importer of
food.
We spend $11 Billion each
year.
Importing RICE, WHEAT,
SUGAR , TOMATO & FISH.

16. Sotonye Anga
What do we do to
position Nigeria
as a global power
house in
Agriculture?

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Improve
Agricultural
productivity

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Improve access to
credit.
Reduce interest rate to
single digit for Agric
lending (25%) too high.

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Trigger massive
youth
involvement in
Agriculture

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The success of our
Agriculture depends on
how much incentive we
are willing to give to
our Agribusinesses and
people.

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Mechanize
our
Agriculture

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Drive import
substitution by
accelerating local
production of staple
crops.

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Increase
spending on
Agriculture

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Standardization of
crops in order to
achieve uniformity
in quality and
quantity

29. Sotonye Anga
Support more
Nigerians to be
leading players and
drivers of our Agric
sector

30. Sotonye Anga
Take advantage of
our population and
build robust
internal markets
for what we grow.

31. Sotonye Anga
China assembles and sells to the
World consumer goods.
Japan sells to the World fuel
efficient and affordable cars.
India provide human resources
to staff and run offices across
the World.
Saudi Arabia fills the World’s
gas stations.

32. Sotonye Anga
Nigeria should position
as a global power house
in Agriculture, meeting
the rising global demand
for food.