Our mission
To help every farmer protect their crops and secure their harvests, through quality products, sound advice and practices that are safe for people and the environment.
About us
Making farming easier, close to farmers
BonAgro provides African farmers with reliable crop protection solutions, backed by local technical advice.
Our group
BonAgro, a Xingfa Group company
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Xingfa Group develops and manufactures a full range of phosphorus-based chemicals, including herbicides and fertilisers.
For our products, distributors and technical advice, your contact remains the BonAgro team in your country.
Xingfa Group at a glance
- Legal name
- Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Yichang, Hubei, China
- Listing
- Shanghai Stock Exchange since 1999 (code 600141)
- Business
- Phosphorus-based chemicals, including herbicides and fertilisers
Visit the Xingfa Group website (opens in a new window)
Source: the group's official website (English version), xingfagroup.com
Parent company · Yichang, China
Africa · six countries
BonAgro Nigeria
Our presence in Nigeria
From its Lagos office, BonAgro Nigeria serves farmers, cooperatives, commercial farms and agro-dealers through depots and partners in the country's major producing states: the cocoa and oil palm belt of the south-west and south (Ondo, Ogun, Oyo, Edo), the Middle Belt (Benue, Plateau) and the grain, rice and vegetable basins of the north (Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi). Our technical team supports each season with product recommendations, spray programmes and training on safe use.
Nigeria stretches from the humid rain forest and mangrove of the south — cocoa, oil palm, rubber, cassava and plantain — through the derived and Guinea savannah of the Middle Belt, where yam, cassava, maize, soybean, rice and sesame dominate, to the Sudan and Sahel savannah of the north, the heartland of sorghum, millet, cowpea, groundnut, cotton and irrigated rice, tomato, pepper and onion. The rainy season runs from about March to October in the south, with a short break in August, and from about May–June to September–October in the north, where dry-season irrigated (fadama) farming extends production from November to April. Nigeria is the world's largest producer of cassava and yam.
- Lagos office — Ikeja, Lagos
- Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- nigeria@bonagro.example
Our vision
A more productive and more sustainable African agriculture, in which every crop protection treatment is justified, effective and well managed.
Our values
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Proximity
Being where farmers are, listening to their constraints and their goals.
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Rigour
Recommending the right product, at the right rate and time, rather than selling more.
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Responsibility
Promoting the safe use of our products for operators, consumers and the environment.
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Transparency
Giving clear information on our products that is faithful to the label, including the precautions for use.
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Progress
Improving our solutions and advice with agronomic research and the needs of the field.
Our approach
From diagnosis to follow-up: four steps
Every recommendation starts in the field and comes back to it.
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Diagnosis
Walk the field, identify the weed, pest or disease, and assess the pressure and the crop stage.
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Recommendation
Propose the right solution, rate and timing, taking resistance management into account.
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Training
Train farmers and dealers in application, equipment calibration and safety rules.
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Follow-up
Check results in the field, adjust the programme and learn from one season to the next.
Where we operate
Present in six countries across West, Central and East Africa
Each country has its own site, catalogue, protection calendars and network of sales outlets.
- Côte d'Ivoire Cocoa, cashew, rubber: solutions for Ivorian value chains Visit the site
- Ghana Cocoa, maize, rice: solutions for Ghanaian farmers Visit the site
- Nigeria Maize, rice, cassava, cocoa: crop protection for Nigeria Visit the site
- Cameroon Cocoa, coffee, cotton: solutions for Cameroonian value chains Visit the site
- Uganda Coffee, banana, maize: solutions for Ugandan farmers Visit the site
- Tanzania Maize, rice, cashew: solutions for Tanzanian farmers Visit the site
Our commitments
Quality and responsible use
Effective crop protection goes hand in hand with safe, well-managed use.
Authorised products
Selling in each country only products authorised by the competent authorities, labelled in the country's language.
Quality follow-up
Checking the condition of incoming batches, ensuring proper storage and keeping products traceable down to the sales outlet.
Faithful information
Providing technical sheets and advice consistent with the label, and never recommending an unauthorised use.
User training
Raising awareness among farmers and dealers of protective equipment, storage and good application practice.
Container management
Promoting triple rinsing and the collection of empty containers, and discouraging any re-use.
Care for the environment
Protecting pollinators, waterways and biodiversity through appropriate use recommendations.
Our teams
Teams working for farmers
In each country, complementary teams work together, from the office to the field.
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Technical development
Agronomists and technicians: field demonstrations, recommendations, calendars and training.
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Sales and distribution
Supporting depots, agro-dealers and partner cooperatives on the ground.
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Regulatory affairs and safety
Monitoring authorisations, labelling, safety data sheets and good practice.
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Logistics and warehousing
Storing products in suitable conditions and supplying outlets ahead of each season.
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Marketing and communication
Product information, agronomy news and decision-support tools.
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Customer service
Answering enquiries and quote requests, and directing customers to the nearest outlet.
Photo credits
The photographs on this site are illustrative images; they do not show BonAgro staff, customers or facilities.
- Green hills of the Obudu mountains under fair-weather clouds, Cross River State, Nigeria — Dotun55, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A cassava field beneath a rocky hill in Zing, Taraba State, Nigeria — MManzee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Farmer tending a cassava field — Metchyves, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nigeria: a hand holds a handful of fermented cocoa beans above a pile of beans — Ei'eke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hands picking an open cotton boll, Nigeria — Toyinvisuals, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A groundnut field beside granite hills at Kpak, Kaduna State, Nigeria — Valtino44, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A field of pearl millet with mature heads — Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bunch of oil palm fruits — Yemisi Ogbe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rows of onions growing on a farm in Dutse, Nigeria — Fulani215, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Young rice plants in rows in a rice farm near Potiskum, Nigeria — Eloquenttheory, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A sesame plot in full growth — Umar2z, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A sorghum (guinea corn) head in a plot in Jalingo, Nigeria — Gwanki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Green soybean pods on the plant — Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, source
- Buckets of fresh tomatoes at a Monday market in Nigeria — Dorcas Atule, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cart loaded with yam tubers — Sasu photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Aerial view of rice fields in Munjibir, Nigeria — Bappancey, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tomatoes and peppers sun-drying on the ground at Hunkuyi, Kaduna State, Nigeria — Fatima Bukar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A farmer tending irrigated furrows with water running between young plants in Nigeria — Danjuma Anthony, CC BY-SA 4.0 (modified), source
- Fall armyworm caterpillar on a leaf — Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nigeria (Benue State): agriculture students with a questionnaire talk with a farmer about farming innovations, seated on a village bench — Fred Timbee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (modified), source
- A man hoeing weeds in a maize field — Shadygaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- 13 photographs: Freepik (Premium licence).
Let's work together
Farmer, cooperative, dealer or plantation: let's talk about your crop protection needs.