ISSAM
Improving Smallholder Farmers' Access to Small-Scale Mechanization Services
A strategic partnership between TracTrac Mechanization Services Limited and the Mastercard Foundation, designed to improve how smallholder farmers in Nigeria access affordable and reliable mechanization services.
ISSAM at a glance
5,012
Young people trained2,987
MSPs currently earning566+
Cooperatives established3,396
Pieces of equipment deployed135,000
Five-year target: farmers reached with mechanization servicesFive-year objectives
A people-first model for mechanization.
Youth-led Mechanization Service Providers, a strong focus on women and persons with disabilities, technical skills, small-scale equipment and cooperative structures.
Create jobs
Empower cooperatives to deliver mechanization services within their communities.
Bridge inclusion gaps
Actively involve women, youth and persons with disabilities in mechanization opportunities.
Strengthen agricultural resilience
Combine technology, affordability and hands-on training to strengthen local mechanization capacity.
6,054
Jobs to be created135,000
Smallholder farmers to be reached across Kaduna and NasarawaThe ISSAM journey
From community advocacy to equipment in the field.
Advocacy
Stakeholder engagement with traditional rulers, LGA chairpersons and district heads.
Sensitisation
Community awareness through religious houses, marketplaces and digital channels.
Mobilisation
25,000+ potential MSPs mobilised and screened across 2 states and 22 LGAs.
Training
18 cohorts across two years in agribusiness, leadership, machine use and maintenance.
Work Enabling Outreach
5,012 youths and women graduated as certified MSPs and received IT tools.
Enterprises
566 youth- and women-led cooperatives formed and elections conducted.
Youth in Work
2,987 MSPs currently earning.
Equipment
Labour-saving devices, tryctors and implements deployed.
Inclusion by design
Half the participants are women.
Participant profile: youth aged 18–35, 50% women and 50% men, 5% persons with disabilities.
Trained · Work Enabling Outreach
Placed in work · Youth in Work
Where it is happening
Two states, expanding across two years.
Kaduna
Nasarawa
LGAs as listed in the ISSAM source pack. Mobilisation figure (20 or 22 LGAs) to be confirmed.
Equipment and technical capacity
10 types of tools and equipment deployed to MSPs.
579
MSP operators trained14
Mechanics given on-the-job training566
Fertiliser applicators566
Knapsack sprayers283
Tractors283
Planters283
Harrows283
Disc ploughs283
Trailer buckets283
Threshers283
Treadle pumps283
Soil testing kitsFarmers, platform and last-mile delivery
From community awareness to work done on the farm.
300,000+
Smallholder farmers sensitised at community level146,170
Smallholder farmers registered and onboarded8,577
Smallholder farmers requested services7,872
Demand requests fulfilled4,740
Unique farmers serviced91.8%
Demand fulfilment rate8,720 ha
Farmland worked by MSPs220 / 191
Cooperatives generating demand5,192
TracTrac app installs · 5,000+ active usersPolicy and investment
Shaping the enabling environment.
Led the development of the NAMP 2026 and the Mechanization Investment Document in collaboration with the Federal Government
NAMP 2026
Officially ratified by government, with 500+ delegates and attendees.
Delivered in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation