Business incubation

1. P4D week; 21 November 2016
Ibadan, Nigeria
IITA Business Incubation
Platform
Progress Update November 2016

2. Business Incubation Platform
Bridge between research and dissemination
IITA Business Incubation Platform

3. Established in 2013, IITA BIP translates relevant findings from R4D
into commercially viable products to serve as a better mechanism
for technology transfer from advanced agricultural research
to the private and public sectors, and then on to farmers.
Business Incubation Platform
AflasafeNoduMaxGoSeed
Microbiology Lab
AgriServe
IYA production
IITA Business Incubation Platform

4. Business Incubation Platform Goals
IITA Business Incubation Platform
Happy customer with 2 IITA
technologies combined in one project
via Bus. Incubation Platform executed
by the Youth Agripreneurs. End
product Frozen Yam will be exported
good combination of Research, Bus.
Incubation and Youth co-operation

5. Business Incubation Platform GoalsIITA Business Incubation Platform
Happy customer with great political influence. Chairman of Agricultural Council in
Nigeria. BIP installed a cassava processing factory and managed crop via Agripreneurs

6. Business Incubation Platform Goals
IITA Business Incubation Platform
Resume 2016
Aflasafe project launch ATTC project 20 milj. Professional staf for strategy
and commercialization. Budget target reached.
Nodumax Sold 10 times more to the commercial sector than the year
before. Franchise model starting in Abuja
72 ton next 3 years - 72 tons is only 10 % from the potential market
Goseeds strategy need adjustment in line with seed production projects
Agriserve integration with youth Youth runs projects, consultancy,
outgrowers . Next year deeper integration

7. SSaBusinesISancubationPlatform Goal's
IITA Business Incubation Platform
Company 2015($) 2016($) 2017($)
Aflasafe 562 1.157.316 1.500.000 (max. budget)
NoduMax 66.66 124.81 285.174
GoSeed no sales 22.408 169.478
Agriserve & Youth production projects
Fish (according to Business plan) 329,266 305,397
Vegetables (according to Business plan) 12,095 65,574
Plantain (according to Business plan) 42,123 44,725
Seeds (according to Business plan) 180,750 452,380
Cassava & yam (according to Business plan) 40,201 206,557
Processing (according to Business plan) 39,939 411,428
Consultancy
Commercial outgrowing for uptakers & processors
Training to ENABLE Project
Commission & donations from private parties
Negotiation on going with clients
Negotiation on going with clients
60 persons price not agreed yet
To be negotiated

8. IITA Business Incubation Platform
Knowledge & implementation triangle
IITA
Research
Bus.
Incuba
tion
Platfor
m
Market
(existing &
new clients
IITA Youth
program/
ENABLE
Commercial Products &
services (no research)
New projects & research requests

9. Business Incubation Platform Goals
 Create jobs with the support of
new technologies
 Make IITA’s technology known
and disseminate it
 Generate income to make BIP
sustainable
Fund IITA’s ground-breaking
research to nourish Africa
IITA Business Incubation Platform

10. Farm Management
IITA BIP Structure
BIP/IYA
Nigeria
CEO Frederick
Schreurs
Mgt. Team
Sales &
Marketing
Fish
&
Livestock
Vege-
tables
Cereals
&
Legumes
NewAdmin.
&
Logistics
Roots
&
Tubers
Plantain Process-
sing
Key Account Managers
Rest of Africa
Outside Africa
Funding
Investors
New Products &
Technologies IITA
Developed
Green Wealth
18 months
New Groups
18 months
IYA Prod. Activities
NoduMax
GoSeed
Aflasafe
AgriServe
Fertilizer
Tissue Culture
Seed Technology
New Projects
Bus. Plans
Consultancy
PROJECTS
Cassava/Yam
IITA Business Incubation Platform structure
2016

11. IITA BIP Structure
BIP/IYA
Nigeria
CEO Frederick
Schreurs
Mgt. Team
Sales &
Marketing
Fish
Vegetables
Seeds
Cassava &
Yam
Plantain
Processing
Training
New
youth
Agriserve
Rest of Africa
Outside Africa
Funding
Investors
New Products &
Technologies IITA
IITA Business Incubation Platform Structure
2017
Aflasafe Nodumax Go Seeds
Consultancy
Out growers
scheme
Tissue
culture
Finance &
procurement
New
products

12. Business Incubation Platform Goals
IITA Business Incubation Platform
Pictures large scale mechanized cassava farm supplied 500 – 2500 with stems from
Agripreneurs

13. Business Incubation Platform Goals
IITA Business Incubation Platform
Pictures small scale cassava processing 50 ha

14. Business Incubation Platform Goals
New media to grow young plants and better genetics
IITA Business Incubation Platform

15. Vision for the future.
Consolidate and stabilize BIP Ibadan in 2017
Strong selection new employees & candidates
Develop with Hub managers the strategy to roll out the
BIP approach integrated with the youth and other
existing programs
Discussions in 2017 with Hubs and aim for possible
integration in 2018
BIP is ongoing. Projects are temporary and time bound.
BIP will make sure the developed technology will stay
accessible for the farmers.