Resources

 

The BAGC Partnership call for agribusiness investment applications from Mozambican entrepreneurs


Download Catalytic Fund Third Round, Stage 1 Application Form (PDF format)

Download Catalytic Fund Third Round, Stage 1 Application Form (word format)

Download Catalytic Fund Third Round, Stage 1 Cash flow

Download Catalytic Fund Third Round, Stage 1 Sources and uses of Funds 

   

Presenting the Growth Corridor Concept

Chris Isaac, Director of Business Development at AgDevCo and Sean de Cleene, Vice President of Global Initiatives at Yara International, discuss the benefits and challenges of creating agricultural growth corridors in Africa. They cite the examples of Tanzania and Mozambique where smallholder farmers are being integrated into the value chain.

Building Agricultural Growth Corridors_Sean de Cleene & Chris Isaac_Yara International & AgDevCo from Farming First on Vimeo.

BAGC Investment Blueprint

In a report Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor - Delivering the Potential, InfraCo shows how the Beira corridor region of south eastern Africa can become a world class agricultural producer, eliminating food imports.

The report launched on Wednesday 27 January 2010 at the World Economic Forum in Davos identifies 190,000 hectares in Mozambique as having the potential to generate revenues for farmers of more than US$1 billion per year. But lack of irrigation, grid-connected electricity and all-weather feeder roads make this impossible.

Patient capital is needed to unlock the potential. It is used to finance "agriculture-supporting" infrastructure, especially irrigation, and make it available to farmers at affordable cost. The result: vastly improved yields, lower costs and the ability for farmers to compete in domestic, regional and global markets.

The report shows how US$250m of patient capital could induce private investment in Mozambique of more than US$1billion. It estimates that over a twenty year period more than 350,000 new jobs could be created with major benefits for more than 200,000 smallholder farmer households, many of whom would gain access to affordable irrigation.

Download hi-res report (PDF 5.1mb)
Download low-res report  (PDF 2.3mb)

Download BAGC Executive Summary (low-res) (475KB)

 
 

World Economic Forum

 

On June 10th 2009, a breakfast meeting at the World Economic Forum (Africa) was co-hosted by AGRA, NEPAD Business Foundation, Yara International and Transfarm Africa. It attracted high-level participation from leaders around the world. InfraCo's Chairman, Keith Palmer, presentedan update (PDF 653kb) on the Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor.

The following are films from the event.

Namanga Ngogi, President - AGRA

Clive Tasker, Chief Executive - Standard Bank Africa

Brian Chituwo, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives - Government of Zambia

Michael Keating, Director - Africa Progress Panel

Admassu Tadesse, Executive Vice President - DBSA

Jane Nelson, Director CSR Initiative - Harvard University

Beira Corridor Video

The following is a short video on the potential of BAGC and includes interviews with farmers along the corridor.

Phase I

The BAGC Working Group completed a concept note for presentation to delegates at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town in June, 2009. The following materials are available for download:

Useful links

www.cepagri.gov.mz
www.norway.org.mz
www.agra-alliance.org
www.agdevco.com
www.infraco.com
www.yara.com
www.prorustica.com