ABOUT HECTARE BY HECTARE PROGRAMME
Hectare by Hectare is a unique and Innovative Agricultural Initiative Conceptualized and Developed as a solution to the major problems usually encountered by Stakeholders in Agriculture and Agribusiness i.e Access to Land, Technical Expertise, Finance and Market. In addition to its core mission of Promoting Employment, Wealth Creation, Financial Inclusion, General Public Awareness and Value Re-Orientation, the Programme was developed with a core objective of providing de-risked opportunities for all adult Africans to participate and earn money from Agriculture and Agribusiness under 48 well-defined stakeholder categories. Subject to necessary periodic reviews, each Stakeholder category has its engagement terms and conditions clearly defined, written and documented.
Through the 5 (five) Schemes of the Programme namely: Adasomi Farm Estate Scheme, Adasomi Out-growers Scheme, Adasomi Food Court Scheme, Adasomi Premium Discount Scheme and Hectare by Hectare Volunteering Scheme:
- Hectare by Hectare Farm Estates and Farming Clusters are developed in Rural communities on behalf of Proxy Farmers for the cultivation of Food and Agricultural Raw Materials on any required large scale based on Off-take contracts from Food Processors and Large Scale Commodity Dealers.
- Sustainable revenue is provided for Landowners, participating Communities, Local Government Councils and State Governments.
- Additional revenue is provided to Land owners, participating Communities, Local Government Councils and State Governments.
- Existing Rural Farmers and Out-Growers are incorporated into the programme and given access to technical expertise, markets and fair pricing for their produce.
- Several REVACOM Food Courts are developed in Urban areas to stimulate and create more opportunities for organized off-take of food and agricultural raw materials farmed and processed within the Hectare by Hectare value chain.
- food vendors are given easy access to Food Courts to operate from.
- Opportunity is created for all adult Africans to invest as Value Partners and own fractional interest in Revacom Food Courts.
- Food is supplied directly to homes of participating consumers at below market price within Africa.
- Massive inflow of foreign exchange is achieved through direct supply of farm produce and processed food to Africans living in the diaspora.
- Farm To Home Agents (mostly unemployed youths) are continuously empowered through the award of Premium Discount Supply & Forward Contracts created under the entire Programme for supply and off-take of inputs, machineries, farm produce and processed food.
- As compensation for access to economic empowerment granted to them, Farm To Home Agents provide voluntary services within their respective communities. The number of contract lots secured by each Farm to Home Agent is determined by the level of voluntary community services rendered by his/her Farm To Home Cooperative Society.
- Boost in environmental protection, crime reduction and community policing.
Enablers
- Robust Legal Framework
- 14 key market penetration tools
- Critical transaction documents
- 1 (one) promotional book
- Operational policies & guidelines
- 36 fit for purpose agreements
- 6 purpose built software applications
- Adasomi logistic services
Implementation Plan
The Programme is designed to be implemented by Adasomi Development Company Limited (ADCL) in the whole of Africa through a Franchising Model that entails the appointment of one Franchise Company for each Country, one Sub-Franchise Company for each State (Region) and one Franchise Cooperative Society for each Community within any given State or Region.
Five schemes of the programme
- Adasomi Farm Estate Scheme
Conceptualized and designed for fastracking the development of Farm Estates for farming and production of produce especially in satisfaction of industrial off-takers and big commodity dealers.
- Adasomi Out-growers Scheme
Designed to incorporate existing farms and out-growers into the Programme and providing them desired access to market technical expertise and fair pricing for their produce.
- Adasomi Food Court Scheme
Designed to promote the Development of Revacom Food Courts in order to stimulate and create more opportunities for organized off-take by Food Vendors of food and agricultural raw materials farmed and processed within the Hectare By Hectare Value Chain. A minimum of five(5) Revacom Food Courts is planned to be developed in every Urban area within Africa through a unique and innovative funding model thereby providing Food Vendors easy access to affordable Real Estate and opportunity for all adult Africans to invest in the Food Courts as Value Partners and own fractional interest in Real Estate.
- Adasomi Premium Discount Scheme
Conceptualized and developed mainly for the following: To promote off-take and supply of farm produce and processed food directly to homes of participating consumers at below market price across the African continent; to promote the inflow of foreign exchange through the Diaspora off-take initiative developed under the scheme ( direct off-take and supply of farm produce and processed food to Africans living in Diaspora); Procurement and distribution of all inputs, machineries and equipment required within the entire Hectare by Hectare Value Chain; To stimulate economic empowerment for our Farm to Home Agents (mostly unemployed youths) through award of premium discount supply and forward contracts created under the entire programme for off-take and supply of inputs, machineries, farm produce and processed food.
- Hectare by Hectare Volunteering Scheme
This was conceptualized and designed for delivering the social content of the Programme. As compensation for access to economic empowerment granted to them, Farm To Home Agents provide community services within their respective communities. The number of contract lots secured by each Farm to Home Agent is determined by the level of voluntary community services rendered by his/her Farm To Home Cooperative Society.
PROJECTED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS PER STATE/REGION
When fully operational in a territory (State/Region), it is projected that the programme will engage a minimum of 200,000 persons as participants within the Territory.
LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAMME
Hectare by Hectare is an enterprise of significant proportion and the logistic services of the entire Programme is exclusively reserved and managed by Adasomi Logistics Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ADCL. The value added chain being created needs unlocking through e-commerce and reliable last-mile delivery solutions which the Adasomi Logistics System was designed to provide. The full activation of Adasomi Logistic Services with all its Software Applications will catalyse the full implementation of the Hectare by Hectare Programme which will in turn create opportunities for Adasomi Logistics Limited to attain its full and desired potential. The framework of Adasomi Logistics Limited is a scalable asset-light structure with its technology platform supporting; Transport & distribution, Warehousing, Supply Chain Management, and Customer Relations Management. The use of Solar Powered Tri-cycles for last-mile deliveries within each established cluster achives remarkable reduction in cost of logistics.
Adasomi Logistics Services
Adasomi Logistics Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ADCL with the aid of its logistics application provides support for Hectare by Hectare logistic providers who delivers food and agricultural items under the programme.
Key Features
- Riders are assigned to specific clusters.
- Upon receipt of requests, riders pick up items from sub-consolidators within their clusters and deliver to buyers within same clusters.
- Adasomi Logistics model, entails the use of Solar Powered Tricycles for last mile deliveries thereby achieving remarkable reduction in the cost of logistics and huge savings for users