one step program for the smallholders
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Presentation Fin4Ag CB Session4 by William K. NgénoTRANSCRIPT
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One Step Program for the SmallHolders
Fin4ag: Revolutionizing finance for Agri-value chains, July 14th Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr William K. Ngéno
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Who is Yara? History
1905World's first production of nitrogen
fertilizer - Calcium Nitrate in Norway
2004Hydro becomes Yara
1905 1940 1980 2004
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THE POVERTY VICIOUS CIRCLE
Figure 1: The vicious circle of poverty - Individual level; Barke & O´Hare, 1991, page 43.)
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Yara – One Step program
Smallholder FarmerImprove productivity
Farming for business Industrial Value Chains
Commercial / Nucleus Farm
Productivity Volume / Quality
50%
20%
70%
90%
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Yara – Market Development Concept
Farmers
Growers’base
income
Increased income
Increased Yield / Improved Quality
Training / Product availability
CapacityCompetence
Coverage
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• Key Development focus;
• phase1; improve productivity - food security and improved nutrition• Increased income.• Quality; human nutrition & shelf life
• phase 2; farming for business – transformation through value chains partnerships.
• Balanced Crop Nutrition is about feeding the soil with minimum the same amount of nutrients that will be removed during harvesting
Yara – Targeting Smallholder Farmers
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Farming as a Business- outgrower concept
Transformation of Smallholders
Industrial partner ($) invest in the Concept - committed to buy the farmers’ produce with an agreed quality and minimum price
One lead-farmer per village; Model farm,Crop Clinics and expand to Block farms
Many villages in each district
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Yara Partner Distributor delivers products and knowledge.
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Agro-dealers bring quality input to the doorsteps of the farms
Each farm is producing food for themselves and a commercial crop for income.
NGO/Donor
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Yara- Creating value to the farmer
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Record keeping
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Farmer density per region
Scale of operation
Profile; social, economic, Saving schemes
Why?
Communication
Financing
Strategy; Approach on crop choice, nutrition, targets
Mapping for decision making
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If the farmer do not understand / realise that he / she have low productivity – Agro inputs will be too expensive and the crop price will always be too low!
Yara – Smallholder focus
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Yara – Crop clinics
Crop Clinics organized with Agro Dealers and Lead Farmers - focus on practical demonstrations and discussion with farmers
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