NIRSAL PLC is calling on all smallholder farmers, farmer leaders and aggregators to key into its Agro Geo-Cooperative model created for the purpose of sustainable farm/field structuring and governance, to enable sustainable access to finance, quality inputs and structured markets through NIRSAL’s facilitation.
The exercise aims at creating 16,000 Agro Geo-Cooperatives (ranging from 10 hectares to 20,001 hectares and above) on 4 million hectares of farmland and enrolling about 8 million farmers across Nigeria who are expected to produce about 12 million metric tonnes of Grain Product Equivalent (GPE) annually over the medium to long term.
In line with this, Community Leaders, Individuals, Enterprises, Corporate Bodies, Graduates, N-POWER Beneficiaries, Active and Retired leaders and farmers in: The ADP programme, World Bank FADAMA Programme, USAID MARKETS Programme, IFAD Value Chain Development Programme, The World Bank Climate Adaptation and Business Support Programme, AfDB Agric Programmes, the DFID’s Propcom Maikarfi Programme, the SASSAKAWA Global 2000 Programme and others that meet NIRSAL PLC’s eligibility requirements and who are domiciled in or have access to their communities and farmers, are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity as a means of employment and a source of income generation through supporting the productive activities of their self-organized Agro Geo-Cooperatives.
LIST OF HEAD PMROs AND ZCCs
| State | PMRO Location | Full Name | NIRSAL Email | CUG Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABIA | UMUAHIA | ANOSIKE Isaac Chijioke | [email protected] | 09070001663 |
| ADAMAWA | YOLA | MAHMOUD Murtala Alhaji | [email protected] | 09070001693 |
| AKWA IBOM | UYO | AKULA Helen Hembadoon | [email protected] | 09070001680 |
| ANAMBRA | AWKA | ALIGWEKWE Theodore Uzoma | [email protected] | 09070001359 |
| DELTA | ASABA | AZEBEOKHAI Imhokhai | [email protected] | 09070001369 |
| BAUCHI | BAUCHI | GAMBO Hassan Abdulqadir | [email protected] | 09070001380 |
| BEYELSA | YENAGOA | FABUNMI Samson Adeyemi | [email protected] | 09070001683 |
| BENUE | MAKURDI | CHIKARA Igomu Sylvia Awele | [email protected] | 09070001608 |
| BORNO | MAIDUGURI | BABAMALLAM Mohammed Habib | [email protected] | 09070001591 |
| CROSS RIVER | CALABAR | UDUZELI Progress Ogbonofa | [email protected] | 09070001411 |
| EBONYI | ABAKALIKI | ANOLIEFOH Clement Oramulu | [email protected] | 09070001250 |
| EDO | BENIN | OKWORI Patrick Akor | p.akor@nirsal .com | 09070001391 |
| EKITI | ADO-EKITI | ASHADE Ayorinde Michael | [email protected] | 09070001337 |
| ENUGU | ENUGU | NEBO Darlington Nkemjika | [email protected] | 09070001446 |
| GOMBE | GOMBE | AGEDE Jibrin Agabi | [email protected] | 09070001457 |
| IMO | OWERRI | OSUJI Nkechi Leticia | [email protected] | 09070001633 |
| JIGAWA | DUTSE | AKANDE David Shayo | [email protected] | 09070001427 |
| KADUNA | KADUNA | BALA Nasiru Daudawa | [email protected] | 09070001514 |
| KANO | KANO | NGILERUMA Abubakar | [email protected] | 09070001531 |
| KATSINA | KATSINA | EHIDIAMEN Kenneth Odianosen | [email protected] | 09070001560 |
| KEBBI | BIRNIN KEBBI | ABDULLAHI Mikailu | [email protected] | 09070001401 |
| KOGI | LOKOJA | YAHYA Ahmed | [email protected] | 09070001581 |
| KWARA | ILORIN | OBAFEMI Hassan Ade | [email protected] | 09070001473 |
| LAGOS | IKEJA | AGBA Kenneth Chidi | [email protected] | 09070001572 |
| NASARAWA | LAFIA | DILLI Noel Nathan | [email protected] | 09070001564 |
| NIGER | MINNA | TUNDE-GEGELE Abdulkareem | [email protected] | 09070001612 |
| OGUN | ABEOKUTA | ILO Jumoke Georgian | [email protected] | 09070001261 |
| ONDO | AKURE | ALUKO Akinyele | [email protected] | 09070001347 |
| OSUN | OSOGBO | AKANDE Omoyemi Adeniyi | [email protected] | 09070001623 |
| OYO | IBADAN | ADEBIYI Adedayo Joseph | [email protected] | 09070001492 |
| PLATEAU | JOS | LOT Florence Nimcit | [email protected] | 09070001502 |
| RIVERS | PORT HARCOURT | DOUGLAS Mabel Ayebatari | [email protected] | 09070001645 |
| SOKOTO | SOKOTO | ATIKU Abubakar | [email protected] | 09070001655 |
| TARABA | JALINGO | GIMBA Mwanret Dikop | [email protected] | 09070001496 |
| YOBE | DAMATURU | ABUBAKAR Aliyu | [email protected] | 09070001420 |
| ZAMFARA | GUSAU | BARMU Sada Umar | [email protected] | 09070001471 |
| ABUJA | FCT | ADACHE Mercy Ojone | [email protected] | 09070001449 |
ENROLLMENT FOR NIRSAL AGROGEOCOOP® FORMATION
NIRSAL PLC is calling on all smallholder farmers, farmer leaders and aggregators – particularly for Dry Season and Non-Seasonal Commodities – to take advantage of the NIRSAL AgroGeoCoop® formation exercise which is currently structuring smallholder farmers for access to finance, trainings, markets and more.