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Olam BIP record reveals reverberating impact across the Agric value chain

MSME Africa by MSME Africa
July 2, 2021
in Africa, Agriculture&Agro-Allied, News, Reports
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Post-COVID-19 recovery in Africa:Olam targets increased support for smallholder farmers
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Olam Nigeria, a leading agribusiness conglomerate with footprints across the wheat milling, rice production, dairy, tomato, poultry and animal feed segments, among others, has restated its commitment to the Federal Government’s efforts to revitalize the local agric value chain. Details of the agribusiness backward integration programmes (BIP) over the past decade, which was shared with the media recently, revealed strong inputs across the local agricultural landscape with valuable impact on the GDP and the national job creation drive.

According to the report, Olam has consistently scaled its investment in various out-grower programmes, research partnerships, seed trials, and the integration of smallholder farmers into various empowerment initiatives across different levels.

For instance, to boost the supply of rice, the business entered into a partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Federal Government of Nigeria in the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), a backward integration framework which trains smallholder rice farmers, supplies input to the farmers and provides guaranteed buyback.

Since 2014 when IFAD and VCDP rolled out the rice value chain development project, about N22 billion has been injected into the rice smallholder initiatives of Olam in Nigeria’sMiddle Belt. Data by IFAD showed that a larger number of the smallholder rice farmers who were engaged by Olam and its partners recorded a 79% jump in their incomes.

To mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 supply chain shocks in 2020 on the supply of rice to Nigerians and the incomes of farmers, Olam presented an estimated N110 million grants to select farmers in Benue State. To date, the agribusiness out-grower programme has engaged over 35,000 smallholder rice farmers and is still onboarding new farmers to accelerate the supply of rice.

Similarly, in the wheat value chain, the collaborative efforts between Olam, FMAN and FMARD are yielding appreciable results. Currently, the scaled investment in seed trial and research, distribution of farming inputs to local wheat farmers and the adoption of mechanized farming techniques have spurred increased harvest yield. This year so far, an estimated 847 tonnes of wheat have been collected for off-take by members of the milling association.

In addition to this, Olam, through Caraway Africa Nigeria, its subsidiary company, signed an MoU with the World Vegetable Centre, a renowned research institute and prominent seed producer and developer, in 2019, for the supply of 18 varieties of seeds for local farmers engaged by Caraway Africa Nigeria. Over 1,000 tomato farmers are participating in its out-grower programme while tomato harvest yields per hectare in Kano and Jigawa States have risen from 7.5 metric tons to over 30 metric tons of tomato per hectare.

Other intervention programmes embarked upon by Olam include a $150 million investment in the Animal/ Aquafeed, hatchery and poultry segments in 2017; a partnership between Outspan Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of the agribusiness giant, and the over 70,000-membered Kano Dairy Union, to modernize milk collection processes in Nigeria. These backward integration projects are currently impacting the livelihoods of poultry farmers in Kaduna, Kwara states and suburbs and in Kano, over 12,000 dairy farmers, for the first time, have access to a modern milk collection facility.

Commenting on the impact of Olam agricultural intervention programmes, MrReji George, Vice President of Farming Initiatives at Olam Nigeria, said, “Our robust backward integration programmesunderscore the confidence we have in Nigeria’s pursuit of food sufficiency. We are committed to supporting the Federal Government’s Agriculture Promotion Policy and development efforts by consistently scaling our research and seed trial efforts along the value chain.”

 

 

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