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25 th May 2011

Africa Day Investing in Africa: Society, Agriculture and Enterprise Keith Palmer, Chairman, AgDevCo. 25 th May 2011. Major unrealised agricultural potential. <5% suitable agricultural land in production Only 4% land in production irrigated (30% in S Asia)

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25 th May 2011

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  1. Africa Day Investing in Africa: Society, Agriculture and Enterprise Keith Palmer, Chairman, AgDevCo 25th May 2011

  2. Major unrealised agricultural potential • <5% suitable agricultural land in production • Only 4% land in production irrigated (30% in S Asia) • Low fertiliser use/high depletion of soil nutrients • Agricultural productivity 25% of global average • Only 1% of commercial lending in Africa goes to agriculture

  3. Why is agricultural development important? • Poverty reduction impact • Global food security challenge • Climate change mitigation

  4. About AgDevCo • An agricultural development company operating in African agriculture and agribusiness sectors • Working on the ground as a co-investor alongside local entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers • Develops profitable agricultural businesses that integrate smallholder farmers into modern value chains • Reduces ‘front end’ costs and risks to catalyse inflows of debt and equity from private sector and DFIs

  5. AgDevCo business model (I/III) 1. Agricultural Growth Corridors and Clusters • AgDevCo led the developed of the: • Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor of Mozambique (BAGC) • Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) www.africacorridors.com

  6. AgDevCo business model (II/III) 2. Commercial farm hubs/ smallholder farm linkages Infrastructure services to the “nucleus” farm hub can be extended to smallholder farmers and local communities at low marginal cost Example: Chiansi Irrigation Project

  7. AgDevCo business model (III/III) 3. Smallholder commercialisation models: extending the benefits • AgDevCo approach to smallholder farmer linkages involves: • providing irrigation and utility services to farmers and local communities in the immediate vicinity • lower-cost access to agricultural inputs, storage services, credit and markets for smallholder farmers over a much greater area (typically in a radius of 25km2 from the nucleus farm)

  8. Thank you www.agdevco.com

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