The increasing population of Africa, coupled with the decline in agricultural productivity, has renewed calls for sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty. These calls have resonated on the national and continental levels, leading to initiatives like NEPADs Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

The Alliance for Agriculture Corporation™ (AFAC) was incorporated as a non profit organization in 2005 with a mission to change the agriculture paradigm in Nigeria by leveraging the academic, economic, political and technical resources of the United States of America, particularly the State of California where agriculture is an annual enterprise of $27 Billion.

In “The End of Poverty”, renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs identified food security as the “first rung of the development ladder” in any nation. Our objective therefore is to forge the necessary alliances with individuals and institutions that would stimulate investments in agriculture with sustainable and synergistic outcomes, while creating employment and attaining food security.

The bourgeoning global shift toward biofuels and alternative sources of energy (from renewable sources like sugarcane, jatropha, cassava and palm-oil) as a result of the pressure on international crude oil prices from economies like China, India and Russia has put an energy component in the motivation to mechanize agriculture in Nigeria. And with the expertise and investment capital in the developed world, we believe the time for sustainable action with mutually beneficial outcomes is now at hand.