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Since its Launch, the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Has Recorded Achievements that Have Impacted the Nigerian Economy 493% Above Target Increase in Agricultural Earnings Increase Agricultural Exports 144% Above Target Reduction in Agricultural Imports Job Creation 144% Above Target 000s MT Naira, Billions Millions 63% of Target 1 2015 Target Dec- 12 Slide 2 9 Million MT of Food Was Added in the First Year 80% Above 5 Million MT Food Target in 2012 and 45% of theTarget of 20 Million MT for 2015 Realized Additional Food Production Measure: Thousand of Metric Tons 2 2 2 Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria Slide 3 ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Supported 268,000 farmers on 264,000 Ha in Ten Northern States The Dry Season farming added 1 million MT to Domestic Production 3 State Number of farmers Estimated paddy production (MT) Bauchi5,82223,288 Gombe9,66438,656 Jigawa74,972299,888 Kano31,491125,964 Kastina3,33413,336 Kogi7,35529,420 Niger1,0024,008 Sokoto46,087184,348 Zamfara32,391129,564 Kebbi55,473221,892 TOTAL267,5911,070,364 3 3 Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria In 2013, for first time ever, we launched Dry Season farming of rice to take advantage of irrigation capacity in the North of Nigeria For first time ever, Federal Government provided massive support for dry season rice cultivation in 10 states; 267,491 farmers received 50kg seeds, two bags of 15-15 NPK and one bag Urea This has added an additional 1,070,364 MT of food in 2013. This is one-third of total paddy needed to be self-sufficient by 2015 Nigeria on Target to be self-sufficient in rice Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 N77 Billion Injected Into the Economy of 10 Northern States due to ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Figure 8 Gross Economic Impact By State Measure: Billions of Naira 7 Ref Appendix F Slide 8 N32 Billion Increase in Income of Farmers Due to ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Figure 9 Net Income Impact By State Measure: Billions of Naira 8 Slide 9 460,000 Jobs in 10 Northern States Created By ATA Dry Season Rice Transformation Figure 10 Job Creation Due to Dry Season Rice Measure: Thousands of Jobs 9