Adamu

Adamu is 46 years of age and lives with his family in an ordinary mud house in a small village in Kaduna state. In his community, farming is the primary occupation and, like many diligent smallholders, Adamu dreams of expanding his farm business.

Due to a lack of access to quality inputs, it has become difficult for farmers, like Adamu, to achieve high yields to make a higher income.

Luckily, as a Babban Gona member, Adamu will because of this loan be provided with higher-yielding seeds that are locally adapted and are widely accepted in his local community. He will also have the recommended pesticides and fertilizers based on the results of his field assessment.

This will enable Adamu to optimize his yield, thereby, attaining yields of up to two times the national average in Nigeria. With lenders’ support to grow his farming business, Adamu is looking forward to a bountiful harvest.

Adamu plans to use the profits from this season’s harvest to purchase additional farmland for a bigger harvest next season, buy more nutritious foods, access better health facilities for his family, buy books and uniforms for his children, and pay his children's school fees.