The Brussels Development Briefing n. 57 on “Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security and nutrition” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid and the ACP Secretariat was held on Wednesday 11th September 2019, 9h00-13h00 at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels, Room C. The Briefing discussed smallholder agriculture and its key role in delivering food security/nutrition, and sustainable food systems, as recognised in SDG 2.

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3. Financing Partnerships Critical to Success

4. What People are Saying About Us..
2019’s 5 most innovative and impactful
social enterprises
1st for profit in history to receive the $1.25M
Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
Gates highlights as one of five agricultural
innovations to reduce carbon emissions
2019’s List of Companies that Inspire Africa
2019’s Top 50 Most influential African’s

5. What People are Saying About Us..
Making Farming More Profitable—and
Thwarting Boko Haram
Nigeria’s ‘great farm’ model bears fruit in time
of high insecurity
How farming could employ Africa’s Young
workforce – and help build peace
Could farming bring peace to Nigeria?

6. Babban Gona Members…

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Yield

8. 2X 2.5X
Yield Net Income

9. 2X 2.5X 300X
Yield Net Income Growth

10. Largest Maize
Producer

11. 140,000

12. +99%

13. +Net Income

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Why

15. 20 Million Youth Entered Workforce from 1990 - 2010

16. +60% Youth Unemployment

17. 3 Insurgencies

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As oxygen is to fire
Unemployed youth to Insecurity

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20. 80 Million in 2010 - 2030

21. There is a solution

22. Africa’s Job Creation Engine
Smallholder Agriculture

23. Why would youth want to
be smallholders?

24. Low Economies of Scale

25. Youth smallholders have additional burden
1. Small farm size
2. Increased labor costs
3. Limited savings

26. Stuck in a Cycle of Poverty

27. Cooperative Bring Economies of Scale

29. How does it work

30. Rigorous Process to Identify Leaders

31. Work Side by Side to Form Mini Coops
+6,000 Today

32. 4services

33. Guidance

34. Credit

35. No Land Title
No Financial HistoryNo ID
No Phone
No Formal AddressLimited Cash
Remote Northern Nigeria
Small Loan Size <$1,000
New Borrower
Low Value Commodity Loose Value Chain

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37. +Net Income

38. Credit
• Designed to optimize yields
• Includes Labor saving products
• Requires very limited collateral

39. Inputs

40. Markets

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Climate Change
Mitigation

42. Highlighted as one of five ag innovations

43. Reduced Food Loss

44. Improved Supply Chain Efficiencies
50% Less Touches

45. Shift to Poultry from Beef = 50% Less GHC

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Climate Change
Resilience

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• Finance Access to Irrigation
• Drought Tolerant Seeds
• Innovative Insurance
• Improved Soils
Enable Smallholder Resilience

48. Our Impact

50. “… ensure my
children Abdul,
Nana, and Asiya
are properly
educated.”

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Enable 1 Million
Dreams by 2025

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Impact 5 Million