Agro-Finance in Nigeria

The objectives of the market-feasibility study on agriculture, agribusiness and agri-finance in Nigeria are to provide detailed analysis that will enable KfW to Ssupporting Measures for a Market and Feasibility Study on Agro-Finance in Nigeria Build a solid understanding of promising commodity groups in the country, how the pieces fit together, what are key constraints, and what interventions can release value and create major growth opportunities for farmers, aggregators and agribusinesses Identify the business models which financial institutions do and can deploy to help ensure that farmers financed have the access to inputs, technology and/or markets, needed to build productivity and earnings, and needed to make small farmers bankable clients Build a solid understanding of subsistence vs. commercial small farmers, how the latter are getting access to finance, information and markets, key gaps in finance and other services, which are bankable on their own, and which can be financed as part of aggregation, value chain and agro-dealer models Identify the most competent financial institutions (or facilities) for agri-finance and provide a systematic assessment of their competencies to succeed in financing large numbers of commercially oriented small farmers and others in the value chains. Support banks in building or expanding business models which involve collaborations with aggregators, agribusinesses and agro-dealers to provide the mix of financial and nonfinancial services, reducing the risk and costs to the banks in financing agriculture in general and small farmers in particular Be able to select from four to six potential KfW engagements in Nigeria which will be pivotal in building competitive agriculture and agribusiness.