Arzikin Noma Africa reaffirms commitment to farmers, calls for stronger public-private partnership
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Zaria · Abuja · Nairobi
Nobody farms alone.
Over 400,000 smallholder farmers across Nigeria and Kenya. Certified inputs on credit, agronomists in the field, and a buyer already waiting at harvest.
Implementation partner to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Bank of Agriculture on the ₦550 billion Renewed Hope Smallholder Agricultural Financing Programme.
Where we stand today
Farmers
In our network
Acres
Under cultivation
States
Plus Kenya
To payment
After delivery, by mobile money
The arithmetic of a small farm
A good harvest is not the same as a good year.
A smallholder can do everything right and still lose. Buy uncertified seed because it is what the market had. Apply fertiliser late because credit arrived late. Then meet a broker at the farm gate who names a price on the day the crop must move, and take it, because grain does not wait.
Four separate problems, and no farmer solves them one at a time.
So we solve all four at once.
We deliver all four as one package, carried until harvest and settled from the crop.
- 01
Certified inputs
Improved seed, fertiliser and crop protection, delivered before the rains at a price fixed the day they are issued.
- 02
Credit that revolves
We carry the cost of those inputs until harvest. Farmers repay from the crop, and the money funds the next farmer. Nothing is a handout.
- 03
Agronomists in the field
Extension officers walk the plots through the season — soil testing, spacing, pest control, weather advisory. Advice arrives before it is needed, not after.
- 04
A price agreed before planting
We buy the harvest at an agreed minimum price, clean and grade it, and pay by mobile money within 24 hours of delivery.
Take away any one of the four and the other three stop working. That is why we do not sell them separately.
Our largest programme
When the Federal Government needed to reach two million farmers, it came to us.
The Renewed Hope Smallholder Agricultural Financing Programme puts ₦550 billion behind Nigerian smallholders, with the Bank of Agriculture financing and Arzikin Noma delivering. Over 10 million bags of fertiliser. Improved seed and crop protection. A guaranteed minimum price so no farmer is forced to sell into a collapsing market. More than a third of beneficiaries will be women.
The flag-off was held in Zaria, on 17 July 2026, where our head office has been since 2021.
- ₦550bn
- Total programme value
- 2 million
- Farmers targeted nationwide
- 10m+
- Bags of fertiliser
- 1 in 3
- Beneficiaries will be women
On the ground
Every photograph on this page is our own work.
Named places, named partners, dated events. Nothing here is stock.
14 photographs. Select any to enlarge, then use the arrow keys.
Beyond the farm gate
100,000 farmers with a bank card in their pocket.
With the Central Bank of Nigeria and Mastercard, we put over 100,000 debit cards into the hands of farmers across Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Plateau and Benue. A farmer who can be paid electronically can be paid on time, keep a record, and build the credit history that a cash economy denies them.
- Central Bank of Nigeria
- Mastercard
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture
Where we work
Thirteen states, and a second country.
Hover or tab through a state to see the farmers, acreage and value chains behind it.
Illustrative data. Six states are confirmed from public record. The remaining seven and all figures are placeholders pending confirmation from Arzikin Noma.
For prospective partners
What would your programme put in the ground?
Move the slider to the acreage you are considering. The working is shown underneath, so you can check it.
Ready to put these numbers to work?
Tell us the acreage, the crop and the states you have in mind. We will come back with what it takes to deliver it.
Who we work with
The institutions that check our books.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture
Programme oversight
Bank of Agriculture
Programme financing
Central Bank of Nigeria
Financial inclusion
Mastercard
Farmer payment rails
Olam Agri
Soybean offtake
IDH
Sustainable value chains
Sterling Bank
Agriculture Summit Africa
NALDA
Mega farm development
EPE PMART SPA
Algeria trade partnership
Nigerian-American Chamber
US agribusiness ties
In the press
Reported nationally, all year.
BOA, Arzikin Noma Africa back 2m farmers on food security, market risk reduction
The Guardian Nigeria
FG, Arzikin Noma collaborate to boost Nigeria's grain output to 25m tonnes
BusinessDay
FG targets 25 million tonnes annual grain output
Channels Television
FG, BOA target 25m tonnes annual grain output with financing scheme
Daily Trust
Food can be weaponised against Africa, expert warns leaders
The Guardian Nigeria
Arzikin Noma partners Algeria's EPE PMART SPA to boost Africa's agriculture
BusinessDay
NALDA, Arzikin Noma sign MoU on mega farm project
News Agency of Nigeria
Arzikin Noma, West African agricultural firm, expands operations to Kenya
Farmers Review Africa
On the record
What has been said about this work.
The programme aligns with the administration's strategy of expanding domestic food production rather than relying on food imports.
Abubakar Kyari
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
Reported by The Guardian Nigeria
Farm inputs were delivered in time for the planting season, so the financing reaches farmers when it can still change the harvest.
Ayo Sotinrin
Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture
Reported by The Guardian Nigeria
Success will not be measured by the number of bags distributed or communities reached, but by healthier harvests and stronger rural economies.
Arzikin Noma Africa
At the Zaria flag-off, 17 July 2026
Reported by Arzikin Noma Africa
Summarised from published reporting. Verbatim quotations to be confirmed against the original transcripts before publication.
Come and see the operation.
We would rather show you a buying centre in harvest week than send a brochure. Tell us what you need to see.