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Introduction Nigerias endowment: arable land, water,

workforce, weather

Agric employs more than 70% active labour force

Nigeria in prewar global agricultural trade

!ostrebasing "#!: $0& trn 'he (largest economyin Africa

)verdependence on petroleum and *ene+ts lost Agric ontrib to "#!: -$% .&0% after rebasing/

)il prices falling, population to reach &0m in &010


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Introduction CTD

2merging responses3 'he A'A

!urpose of this lecture


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Agriculture In Nigeria:Some DefningCharacteristics4ow use of agric 5nputs:

6echaniation intensity: 80 tractors per 800hacompared to 5ndonesia :&8 tractors per 800ha

4ow productivity: 1th: 9;171-1 out of 8&penditure for agric: &% in Nigeria38?% in Asia average

!oor @uality output, low standards

'raining in agric schools


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Agriculture In Nigeria: Some

Defning Characteristics ctd5nsecurity


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Some MacroeconomicFundamentals andProspects or Agri-

preneurship

5nation and the onsumer price inde>

ie of the !5 and rate of ination important tomanagers of the economy and agrientrepreneurs

annual ination rate is driven mostly by higher

food, housing and utilities prices

Bood price ination plays bigger role in overallination rate

ap on agric prices hurts farmers and agrientrepreneurs

*ut ap on agric prices politically and socially


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Agricultural

entrepreneurship+No single defnition or e,planation

tendenc$ and ailit$ to see before others,identify and organize resources to takeadvantage of opportunities for benet to selfor humanity

Not necessaril$ aout starting a usinessmindset% &alues and eha&ioursa orce that moilies other resources to meet

unmet mar#et demand

process o creating &alue $ pulling togethera uni.ue pac#age o resources to e,ploit anopportunit$

ailit$ to create and uild something )new)rom practicall$ nothing


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-Policies8Programmes

The ATA:Adopts o&erall strategic &ision%

clear targeting%

legislation to institutionalise #e$components

Flagship no": the electronic "allets$stem o input distriution

Sol&es corruption

5ieralises access

0i&es armers confdence confdence


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-preneurship

Schumpeter3s social climate: trade unions%"ages% progressi&e ta,es

McClelland: daunting prolems that #ill N-Arch)eg complete asence o roads to some

communities*

>ageries o nature and ris#

Ci&il strie )cattle rearers and armers*

&er8multipple ta,ation )local go&t agents*

Mar#et entr$ arriers

/thical issues in usiness )Singapore andNigeria*

Political structural imalances and ear o somegroups "ithin Nigeria: in&estments curtailed*


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-preneurship Ctd

ase of the white Cimbabwean farmers inNassrawa:

*ut crop yields were dismal, mainly due to poor

@uality seed and fertiliser pares were hard to getwhen machinery broke down

very little commercial farming in Nigeria

no organised marketing here

no mains electricity, no piped water, no landline,

no trained labour force,

no one handy with basic accountancy,


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Case o ?ima"ean

Farmers Ctd no a&ailale research acilities% no eas$ accessto agricultural data'


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Some Gni.ue Challenges Facing

Nigerian 9omen Agri-/ntrepreneursPatriarchial societ$No access to propert$ : limited access to

land

@H-2 percent o registered usinesses%onl$ J2-JH percent ha&e access to an#credits

Clo" education and s#ills

Cant prepare usiness plans:Cant register usinesses

Tough and rugged usiness en&ironment)the generator e,ample*

Poor access to research and e,tension

na e or r strate


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na e or rustrate/ntrepreneurship and

5i&elihoodsThe cornerstone o entrepreneurship is theelie in indi&idual autonom$ and discretion%indi&iduals as the primar$ unit or creating

ne" acti&ities

Agric sector in Nigeria classicall$indi&idualised: mar#et near perectl$competiti&e

e$ond attriutes o indi&iduals% institutions

)hard and sot* are crucial

generation o ne" organiational models andpolicies that change the direction and (o" oorganiational acti&it$L deter or reinorce ris#-ta#ing eha&ior'


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Institutions CDT: Caseo Au!a Securitiesand Commodit$

/,change

AbuDa tock 2>change .A2/ in Eune 8


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Au!a CS/ ctd

in @2JJ% "rote to the minister o Agricultureto see# his support in our emplacement o a

"arehouse receipt s$stem and re.uestedthe ministr$ to lease their e,cess silos and"arehouse capacit$ to ASC/ to enale it runa "arehouse receipt s$stem on a pilot

schemeL till date )@2J* the ministr$ hasnot responded to us'

P5/AS/ MA7/ G< 9N CNC5GSIN

o e o e


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o e o e/ntrepreneurial

Gni&ersit$

'he )2# Bramework:

Leadership and Governance

Organisational Capacity, People and Incentives

Entrepreneurship development in teaching and learningPathways for entrepreneurs

University usiness!e"ternal relationships for#nowledge e"change

$he Entrepreneurial University as an

internationalised institution

%easuring the impact of the EntrepreneurialUniversity


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Nurturing/ntrepreneurialGni&ersities in NigeriaN9 &00? through '2'fund

N9 intervention important: student startupsare known to go far, 6ark Cukerberg andAndrew 6collum of Bacebook3 4arry !age andergey *rin of "oogle

4and grant 9niversities planned as entrep univ#oubt whether Nigerian 9niversities can go far

because of governance deHciencies: 'ragedy of'he onny )dogwu hair on entrepreneurship


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Some Interesting Gni&ersit$Industr$ Collaorations or

Agri-entrepreneurshipPromotion

The Karame Initiati&e: to enable Nigerianyouth develop innovative solutions in Nigeriasagricultural sector by providing them with thenecessary tools, network and e>posure thatwill enable them translate their ideas intoactions

!artners included entre for 2ntrepreneurial#evelopment ervices .2#/ at the !an African9niversity and the Bate Boundation

Another aspect 5nvolved : #angote "roup,Cenith *ank, Notore, and hell Nigeria I

formidableJ

C ll ti A i


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Collaorations or Agri-entrepreneurship Promotion

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National Schools AgricultureProgramme)NSAP* aimed at introducingagripreneurship among very young Nigerians

agged oK by the B" in )ctober &08

establishment of tudent Agricultural lubs.As/

collaboration with #iengoK Nigeria 4td

!artners: B", econdary schools, agriindustry

leadersJ


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