A Few Words
About Us
Who We Are
Investing in smallholder farmers, securing our food future
Achesa Agric is an AgriTech Social Enterprise with focus on providing effective strategic guidance, hands-on leadership, deep industry expertise and access to capital to assist smallholder farmers in the rural and semi-urban Nigeria.
We invest in systems and structures that increase the profitability of smallholder agriculture, which in turn creates market forces that attract young people into agriculture, unlocking millions of jobs.
Our Vision
A Prosperous Africa with Food Sufficiency and Economic Prosperity
Our Mission
To enhance the production capacity of smallholder farmers through the provision of agricultural inputs, embedded supports services and improved access to finance and market
Our Core Values
- Farmer First: our farmers are at the centre of our decision-making. We ensure all our farmers are satisfied with the product or service provided.
- Integrity: We believe in transparency and accountability in the conduct of our business. We are building to last.
- Resilience: We believe in striving for the best against all odds. We believe in the little efforts of all partners and people within our business ecosystem.
- Innovation: We take initiatives that gives us the leading edge.
Our Service Delivery Model
- Training and Development: Achesa identifies high-performing smallholder farmer leaders and provides them with the required training and development to establish strong democratic farmer groups.
- Credit: Achesa utilizes an innovative approach to provide seven levels of risk mitigation to de-risk members of the farmer groups, enabling Achesa to raise cost-effective capital to finance the members of Achesa Farmer Groups (Wadatar Manoma).
- Input Services: Achesa provides the appropriate balance of agricultural inputs, at the right time, applied in the right way, and at highly competitive prices. This ensures that members of Achesa Farmer Groups attain optimal levels of productivity and product quality while minimizing negative environmental impacts.
- Output Services: Achesa provides aggregation and storage services to franchise farmer groups, reducing post-harvest losses and providing members access to premium markets.
35,000+
Smallholder Farmer Network
5,000+
Farmer Cluster Formed
30,000+
Acres of farmland cultivated.
1.5Billion+
Naira in credit unlocked