Agriculture and agro-industry

Proparco supports private investments in the agricultural and agri-business sectors. Proparco covers all steps in the production process: from improving yields in plantations to the transport and distribution of products on the markets, passing through processes of transformation and storage.
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Agriculture and agro-industry, priority sectors

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Agriculture and agro-industry, priority sectors for Southern...and Northern countries

The development of resilient agricultural and agro-industrial sectors is essential for the construction of a sustainable future for developing countries and, more generally, for humanity.

Addressing this challenge requires huge investments to develop the entire value chain in the sector: from improving yields and collection operations on farms to the transportation of products and their distribution on local, regional or international markets, and including activities related to processing and storage (factories, warehouses, cold chains…), etc.

Proparco's operations

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Proparco's operations

Proparco assists this development by supporting a wide range of private actors in the South: from local seed producers to regional agro-industries, and including financial institutions that finance the sector.

Its operations aim to promote more productive agricultural and agro-industrial models that are also more environmentally friendly and more energy-efficient, and create decent employment and wealth.

Impacts

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In this regard, Proparco’s operations contribute to:

  • Structuring sectors in order to facilitate the establishment of contracts between (small) producers and the agro-industry and secure their incomes, and the supply and marketing of products;
  • Improving the productivity and profitability of farms in order to ensure they are sustainable and better meet both local and international demand;
  • Developing processing activities in order to bring about the creation of local agro-industrial actors, increase the added value in producing countries, and contribute to reducing food imports;
  • Creating and improving logistics infrastructure in order to facilitate the transportation of agricultural production to the consumer, limit post-harvest losses, and thereby reduce price volatility;
  • Disseminating high environmental and social standards in order to preserve natural resources and create decent employment for rural populations;
  • Diversifying the activity of agricultural producers (biofuel production, development of biomass cogeneration…) in order to reduce their vulnerability to market fluctuations and provide them with additional incomes…
  • Providing access to financing for farmers and agro-industries via the allocation of dedicated credit lines to financial institutions working in the sector, including banks.
815 million
euros in direct financing for businesses in the agricultural sector between 2014 and 2023
612 million
euros of financing via financial institutions and sectoral investment funds between 2014 and 2023
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Report in India: Sahyadri Farms, vines are a joint initiative

In the Indian state of Maharashtra, the Sahyadri Farms (a farmer collective owned company) – supported by Proparco – has managed to build a network of 24,000 smallholder farmers and become the country’s largest exporter of fresh grapes and other crops. Report.
In the Indian state of Maharashtra, the Sahyadri Farms (a farmer collective owned company) – supported by Proparco – has managed to build a network of 24,000 smallholder farmers and become the country’s largest exporter of fresh grapes and other crops. Report.

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Institutional Documents

Impact Report 2022

Proparco is committed to building a better future by supporting private sector initiatives for a mor

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May 2023
Institutional Documents

Proparco Key Figures 2022

2022, when Françoise Lombard was appointed Chief Executive Officer, closed the strategic cycle for

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May 2023
Revue

Private Sector & Development #39 - Food security: the contribution of the private sector

To mark World Food Day on October 16 of 2023, the 39th issue of Proparco’s Private Sector & De

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Oct 2023
Private Sector & Development

Presentation of the Private Sector & Development magazine #39

To mark World Food Day on October 16, the 39th issue of Proparco’s Private Sector & Developmen

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Oct 2023
Private Sector & Development

Private Sector & Development #39 - Food security: the contribution of the private sector

To mark World Food Day on October 16 of 2023, the 39th issue of Proparco’s Private Sector & De

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Oct 2023
Private Sector & Development

Private Sector and Development issue 35 : Preserving biodiversity, the private sector in action

Nature’s services – food, economic, social – are essential to our societies, yet they have dec

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Mar 2021
Private Sector & Development

Video - Scaling up the development impact of agro-industry, edition no. 31 of Proparco’s magazine

Video - Scaling up the development impact of agro-industry, edition no. 31 of Proparco’s maga

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Apr 2019
Videos

Report in India: Sahyadri Farms, vines are a joint initiative

In the Indian state of Maharashtra, the Sahyadri Farms (a farmer collective owned company) – suppo

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Feb 2024
Videos

Presentation of the Private Sector & Development magazine #39

To mark World Food Day on October 16, the 39th issue of Proparco’s Private Sector & Developmen

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Oct 2023
Videos

REPLAY - Intervention of Proparco during the Africa CEO Forum 2023

Watch the intervention of Françoise Lombard, CEO of Proparco, during the Africa CEO Forum

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Jun 2023
Videos

REPLAY - Intervention of Proparco during the Ferdi conference: L'entrepreneuriat agricole privé en Afrique

Watch the intervention of Fadila Hamdane, Head of Manufacturing, Agribusiness et Services Divis

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Mar 2023
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