Since its Launch, the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Has Recorded Achievements that Have Impacted the Nigerian Economy

493% Above Target

Increase in Agricultural Earnings Increase Agricultural Exports

144% Above Target

Reduction in Agricultural Imports Job Creation

144% Above Target

000’s MT

Naira, Billions

Naira, Billions

Millions63% of Target

1 2015 Target

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9 Million MT of Food Was Added in the First Year

80% Above 5 Million MT Food Target in 2012 and 45% of theTarget of 20 Million MT for 2015

Realized Additional Food ProductionMeasure: Thousand of Metric Tons

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2 Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria

ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Supported 268,000 farmers on 264,000 Ha in Ten Northern StatesThe Dry Season farming added 1 million MT to Domestic Production

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State Number of farmers

Estimated paddy

production (MT)

Bauchi 5,822 23,288

Gombe 9,664 38,656Jigawa 74,972 299,888

Kano 31,491 125,964Kastina 3,334 13,336Kogi 7,355 29,420Niger 1,002 4,008Sokoto 46,087 184,348Zamfara 32,391 129,564

Kebbi 55,473 221,892

TOTAL 267,591 1,070,364

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3 Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria

In 2013, for first time ever, we launched Dry Season farming of rice to take advantage of irrigation capacity in the North of Nigeria

For first time ever, Federal Government provided massive support for dry season rice cultivation in 10 states;

267,491 farmers received 50kg seeds, two bags of 15-15 NPK and one bag Urea

This has added an additional 1,070,364 MT of food in 2013. This is one-third of total paddy needed to be self-sufficient by 2015

Nigeria on Target to be self-sufficient in rice

N77 Billion Injected Into the Economy of 10 Northern States due to ATA Dry Season Rice TransformationFigure 8Gross Economic Impact By StateMeasure: Billions of Naira

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Ref Appendix F

N32 Billion Increase in Income of Farmers Due to ATA Dry Season Rice TransformationFigure 9Net Income Impact By StateMeasure: Billions of Naira

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460,000 Jobs in 10 Northern States Created By ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation

Figure 10Job Creation Due to Dry Season Rice Measure: Thousands of Jobs

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