The Bank of Agriculture invites eligible and competent Farmer Aggregator Companies to express interest in participating as accredited aggregation partners under the Renewed Hope Smallholder Support and Value-Chain Fund. This call is part of a broader effort to strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural value chains and expand access to finance, inputs, and markets for smallholder farmers.
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The Renewed Hope Smallholder Support and Value-Chain Fund is a strategic financing intervention designed to support smallholder farmers across Nigeria with affordable credit, quality inputs, extension services, and guaranteed market off-take. The programme is structured to improve productivity, reduce risks for farmers, and strengthen value-chain coordination through trusted aggregation partners.
Why This Matters
Smallholder farmers remain central to Nigeria’s food security and rural livelihoods, yet many face persistent challenges such as limited access to finance, poor inputs, weak extension support, and unreliable markets. By working with credible farmer aggregators, the programme creates a coordinated system where farmers are supported from production to market, improving incomes, repayment capacity, and overall value-chain efficiency.
Role of Farmer Aggregation Companies
Farmer Aggregator Companies play a critical role in the success of the programme. Selected partners will be responsible for mobilising and managing farmer clusters, coordinating input distribution and extension service support, aggregating harvested produce, supporting structured repayment by farmers, and providing programme data required for monitoring and evaluation.
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Who Can Apply
- The call is open to Farmer Aggregation Companies and off-takers with structured farmer networks that can demonstrate the capacity to support primary agricultural production at scale.
- Applicants are expected to have existing farmer networks with verifiable hectares under cultivation, proven experience in aggregation and off-take, access to storage or aggregation centres, and clear market or off-take arrangements.
- Through this structured primary production support program, the Bank of Agriculture seeks to partner with credible aggregators capable of mobilizing farmers, coordinating agronomy services, aggregating produce, and facilitating guaranteed market access.
Application Deadline
All expressions of interest must be submitted on or before 9 February 2026.
