TracTrac, a Nigerian company that provides agricultural mechanisation services, has launched special packages for smallholder farmers’ access to mechanisation in Nigeria.

These packages, through technology-driven solutions, financial accessibility, and strategic partnerships, will help bridge the country’s widening gap between farmers and modern farm mechanisation.  

Speaking during a press conference, the Chief Executive Officer of TracTrac Mechanization Services Limited, Mr. Godson Ohuruogu, said although agriculture is critical to Nigeria’s economy, 133 million people (63% of the population) who live mostly in rural areas rely on low-productive subsistence farming without access to mechanisation.

 Mr Ohuruogu reckoned that only 16% of smallholder farmers have access to mechanized equipment, hindered by high costs, limited financing, and weak supply chains.

“For this year and next, we are embarking on an important initiative, a community cluster-led model aimed at serving 135,000 smallholder farmers 

(SHFs), including women, youth and people with disabilities and building the capacity of 6,054 new and existing Mechanization Service Providers (MSPs) in Nasarawa and Kaduna states, which is one of our many projects,” the CEO said.

The company is working with the National Centre for Farm Mechanisation NCAM and other partners to make available to smallholder farmers locally manufactured and assembled tractors to ease their farm operations.

These locally designed technology include the two-priority base equipment for smallholder farmers: Power Tiller (two-wheel tractor) as part of the commercial lease-to-own package and the ‘three-wheeled Tractor’ (fully assembled in Nigeria), the preferred equipment around which other tools will be anchored.

 “Our mission at TracTrac is to provide smallholder farmers with the tools, knowledge, and financial solutions they need to succeed in a modern agricultural landscape.

“By leveraging technology, strategic partnerships, and policy advocacy, we are not just delivering mechanization services but building a resilient ecosystem that empowers farmers for future generations,” he said.