Our partners

Propcom Mai-karfi works with partners across the public and private sectors, businesses and non-government and community based organisations, including:

Notore Chemical Industries Ltd – the only producer of urea fertiliser in sub-Saharan Africa which operates a 500,000 tonne urea plant in Onne, Rivers State, using natural gas from the Delta as its main ingredient.
Farm Inputs Promotion Africa (FIPS Africa) – a Kenya-based, non-profit organisation that has developed an innovative methodology to rapidly create demand for appropriate fertilisers at the farmer and retail levels.
Springfield Agro Ltd – a private company involved in agro input distribution and marketing of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd branded tractors and implements in Nigeria. It has plants in Ibadan and Enugu, and tractor service centres in Ibadan, Enugu and Zaria.
TAK Tractors – the leading tractor assembly and distribution company in Nigeria. It manufactures the TAK tractor brand. Its assembly plant is located in Kaduna and service centres, including show rooms, are found in strategically selected locations across Nigeria.
PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc. – the largest subsidiary of PZ Cussons Group operating in Europe, Africa, and Asia. For more than a century, PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc has been a major manufacturer of health care and nutrition products; including soaps, with the objective of achieving sustainable and profitable growth.
First Bank of Nigeria PLC – a large commercial bank with a commitment to agricultural financing. Its large network of branches is appropriately positioned for easy access by agricultural enterprises in both peri-urban and rural, as well as urban settings – a primary concern for tractor owner-operators.
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Ltd – a full service banking group, headquartered in Lagos with the vision ‘to be the premier financial services group of African origin’. From its early origins in investment banking as City Securities Limited in 1977, FCMB, established in 1982, has emerged as one of the leading financial services institutions in Nigeria and one of the top eight lenders in the country with subsidiaries that are market leaders in their respective segments.
Syngenta – a leader in crop protection and seed care, Syngenta strives to contribute to raising productivity in sustainable ways. Syngenta’s goal is to be the leading global provider of innovative solutions and brands to growers and the food and feed chain. In Nigeria, Syngenta works with partners to reach rural farmers with education and access to quality crop protection products.
SALID Agriculture Nigeria Limited – an agricultural commodities trading company engaged in domestic trading and exporting of shea kernels. The company is setting up an industrial shea processing plant in Niger state. With a target processing capacity of 48,000MT per annum, SALID intends to produce refined shea butter for export to developed and emerging markets outside the continent.
Saro AgroSciences Limited – an agro chemicals subsidiary of Saro Group, Saro AgroSciences Limited’s mission is ‘to provide dependable solutions to crop protection and crop improvement problems to farmers within the West and Central African region’.
Nigerian Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) – a joint initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to address the key challenges of funding for the agricultural sector. It seeks to stimulate lending by banks to agriculture through an innovative risk sharing facility, an insurance facility and a technical assistance facility to banks, thereby reducing their exposure to risk in loans to agribusinesses.
Tractor Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria (TOOAN) – a group representing tractor service operators with members in Ogun, Oyo and Kaduna states (founded ahead of the pilot). Tractor owners and operators under TOOAN sought access to finance to help them acquire new tractors and implement to build their businesses. The association was a partner on the tractor loan pilot with PrOpCom and First Bank.
Tractor Owners and Hiring Facilities Association of Nigeria (TOHFAN) – a tractor hiring service association with chapters in eight states. The association was established in 2003 by mobilizing farmers who owned tractors into groups to provide tractor services to other farmers. The association was registered in January 2012. TOHFAN partners with Propcom Mai-karfi and financial institution partners on tractor financing.
National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) – the Nigeria government’s agency for conducting research into animal diseases and their treatment and control; and for developing and producing animal vaccines, sera and biological materials to meet national demand. The agency’s other activities include providing surveillance and diagnosis of animal diseases, introducing exotic stock for improved egg, meat and milk production, providing extension services to poultry and livestock farmers, and training intermediate manpower in veterinary laboratory technology and animal health and production technology.
Karma Foods – a private sector company involved in the food processing business in Nigeria. The company processes soybean with an installed capacity of 75,000 metric tonnes per annum. Propcom Mai-karfi partnered with Karma Foods for its soybean intervention.
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) – Since 1974, IFDC has focused on increasing and sustaining food security and agricultural productivity in over 100 developing countries through the development and transfer of effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient technology and agribusiness expertise. The organization’s collaborative partnerships combine cutting-edge research and development with on-site training and education.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) – seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. Founded in 1975, IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership for a food secure future. IFPRI produces high quality research that can shape policies, investments, and programs, contributing to a productive, sustainable and resilient agricultural and food system.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) – one of the world’s leading research partners in finding solution to hunger, malnutrition and poverty. It is non-government organisation founded in 1967, governed by a board of trustees and supported by several countries.
Agriprojects Concepts International Limited is a Nigerian company that specializes in marketing veterinary/scientific equipment, veterinary pharmaceuticals and biologics as well as procurement, consultancy in the field of medicine (human and veterinary), sciences and agriculture.
AFEX Nigeria Limited – was founded as a subsidiary of Africa Exchange Holdings Limited in furtherance of the objective to establish or transform commodity and securities exchanges in sub-Saharan Africa in support of capital market devel
opment. It is also aimed at modernizing commodity storage operations to fit the needs of a sustainable and competitive agricultural sector in the region.
Alhaji Babangida Jargaba Nigeria Ltd (ABJ) – a company which processes soybean and cotton seeds for oil for other companies. The company is also establishing an oil refining plant in Nigeria.
Value Seeds – an indigenous company with interests in a range of agricultural markets including maize, soy, groundnut, cowpea and vegetables. Value Seeds mission is “to progressively bridge the gap between beneficial agricultural research and commercialisation of added value agricultural technologies, which will increase farmers’ yields, nutrition and livelihood”.
West African Cotton (WACOT) – WACOT is invested in agro allied, manufacturing and trading operations in Nigeria, Benin Republic and Ghana . The group has considerable experience with providng support to farmers around financing, access to improved seeds, and logistics.
Habgito Nigeria Limited – Habgito is an indigenous company which sells and provides maintenance services on tractors, power tillers, generators and water pumps to enable farmers improve their productivity and income.
Doreo Partners – Doreo Partners is an indigenous impact investment firm implementing the innovative agricultural franchise – Babban Gona.
Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) – VCN is a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development established through the Veterinary Surgeons Act Cap V3 LFN, 2004 for the sole purpose of regulating the standard of training and practice of the veterinary profession in Nigeria.