Nigerian Farmers Management Information System (NiFMIS)
A comprehensive national digital platform to register, profile, and track Nigerian farmers — providing data infrastructure that drives smarter agricultural policy, subsidy targeting, and investment across all 36 states.
New / Launching 36 States ₦85B Budget 2025 – 2030 OVP · FMARD · CBN
// Target Farmers to Register
10M+
Farmers Nationwide
1.2M
Registered
36
States
774
LGAs Targeted
12%
Completion
Programme Overview
Background, objectives and system design
Background
The Nigerian Farmers Management Information System (NiFMIS) is a strategic OVP-led initiative to create a unified, verified national database of Nigerian farmers. The absence of reliable farmer data has historically undermined agricultural policy, subsidy delivery, and credit access. NiFMIS addresses this by building a digital identity and profiling system for every farmer across all 774 LGAs — enabling evidence-based interventions, eliminating leakages in input subsidies, and connecting farmers to financial services.
Lead Ministry
Office of the Vice President (OVP) / FMARD
Key Partners
CBN · NIRSAL · State Ministries of Agriculture · NBS · NIMC
Programme Duration
2025 – December 2030 (5 years)
Implementing Partners
️ OVP
FMARD
CBN
NBS
🆔 NIMC
Programme Objectives
01
Register and digitally profile 10 million Nigerian farmers across all 774 LGAs
02
Create a verified farmer identity system linked to NIN and BVN for subsidy targeting
03
Provide real-time agricultural data infrastructure for evidence-based policymaking
04
Connect registered farmers to financial services, input subsidies, and market access
05
Eliminate ghost farmers and leakages in federal agricultural support programmes
Key Performance Indicators & National Targets
Registration and system deployment targets through December 2030
1.2M
Farmers Registered
Target: 10M by 2030
312
LGAs Covered
Target: 774 LGAs
36
States Onboarded
All 36 + FCT
680K
NIN/BVN Linked
Target: 10M
420K
Credit Access Enabled
Via NIRSAL/CBN
₦85B
Programme Budget
2025 – 2030
Registration Progress by Year
Farmers Registered (Cumulative)
1.2M / 10M · 12%
LGA Coverage
312 / 774 · 40.3%
Digital Identity Linkage (NIN/BVN)
680K / 10M · 6.8%
Budget Deployed
₦18.7B / ₦85B · 22%
System Components
Key modules of the NiFMIS digital platform
Farmer Registry
National database of verified farmer profiles with biometric data, farm location, crop types, and land holding information.
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Geo-Mapping Module
GPS-tagged farm boundaries across all 774 LGAs for satellite monitoring, land use planning, and input delivery routing.
E-Wallet & Subsidy Delivery
Digital wallets linked to NIN/BVN for direct subsidy payments, fertiliser vouchers, and credit disbursement — eliminating middlemen.
Analytics Dashboard
Real-time agricultural data dashboard for policymakers, showing crop production trends, regional food security indices, and programme performance.
Delivery Progress Tracker
Phase-by-phase deployment status as at Q1 2025
P1
Phase 1 — Platform Build & Pilot Registration
System architecture, mobile app development, and pilot farmer registration in 6 pilot states.
75%
P2
Phase 2 — National Rollout (All 36 States)
Deployment of registration agents in all states, LGA-level data collection, and NIN/BVN linkage.
35%
P3
Phase 3 — Service Integration & Analytics (2026–2030)
Full integration with CBN, NIRSAL, insurance providers, and commodity exchanges for end-to-end farmer service delivery.