Agriculture has been identified as the largest employer of labor in Africa, particularly Nigeria. Many analysts have described the sector as a goldmine waiting to be fully explored.

The available land for farming activities in Nigeria is simply overwhelming. A recent report revealed that Nigeria has about 84 million hectares of arable land, of which only about 40% has been cultivated. Add our favorable climatic conditions that sustain the growth of agricultural products such as rice, groundnut, cassava, cashew, cocoa, palm oil, to mention but a few, and you begin to get the picture – Agriculture in Nigeria is good business.

The problem young people face when they think of going into entrepreneurship is no longer whether agriculture business is worth investing in. The problem is twofold: (1) what type of agriculture business to start and, (2) how to raise capital to start an agriculture business.

GOVERNMENT LOANS AND GRANTS IN NIGERIA.
One of the surest strategies any government can employ to encourage her citizens’ participation in farming and agricultural practices is creating avenues where they can access government loans and grants.

To fast-track the development of the agricultural sector, and to encourage farmers and investors to embrace agriculture, the federal government of Nigeria have set up different schemes and programs to provide funds in terms of loans and grants to large and small-scale farmers.

These credit facilities are made available by the federal government to the public, and cover a range of agricultural practices including crop cultivation and livestock rearing. There are a number of avenues the government has provided for individuals and corporate bodies to access agricultural loans. Some of them include;

CBN agricultural loan to farmers in Nigeria.
Bank of agriculture loan

1. CBN AGRICULTURAL LOAN
This loan scheme was set up by the federal government to provide low interest loans to farmers in Nigeria. To achieve this, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recently approved the disbursement of about 75billion naira as loan to farmers and cooperative societies in the 36 state and the federal capital territory (FCT). This loan can be accessed directly from the Bank of Agriculture.

2. BANK OF AGRICULTURE (BOA) LOANS
The Bank of Agriculture of Nigeria is the major avenue the government has employed to disburse loans and grant to the public. The bank is owned by the federal government, with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Finance incorporated as shareholders.

The activities of the bank are supervised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and rural development. When thinking of government loans, the BOA should be your first choice.

REQUIREMENTS FOR Bank of Agriculture (BOA) LOANS
You must have maintained a minimum customer account relationship of about six months
You must have deposited at least 20% of the required loan amount into the account
You must provide collateral, excluding land.
You must provide a detailed business plan.

However the requirements for acquiring the loan are negotiable and may depend largely on the feasibility of your agricultural venture. Further details about the BOA loans are available on the BOA website
Apart from the BOA, there are other means of acquiring agricultural loans

The federal government through the bank of agriculture and the bank of industries have partnered with different commercial banks to help farmers with acquisition of loans.http://careinsure..com/2017/04/best-way-of-getting-available.html

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