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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. Read the full report

To mark World Food Day on October 16 of 2023, the 39th issue of Proparco’s Private Sector & Development magazine is devoted to food security. Learn more

To mark World Food Day on October 16, the 39th issue of Proparco’s Private Sector & Development magazine is devoted to food security. Morgane Rocher, Investment Officer at Proparco, presents the magazine. To download the magazine To learn more about Private Sector & Development

Watch the intervention of Françoise Lombard, CEO of Proparco, during the Africa CEO Forum of June 5th and 6th 2023 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). 

Watch the intervention of Fadila Hamdane, Head of Manufacturing, Agribusiness et Services Division (Proparco), during the Ferdi conference: "L'entrepreneuriat agricole privé en Afrique et son financement", in February 2023. A partir d'1h57

This is the story of Adama Sène Cissé, a banker who discovered his entrepreneurial spirit. She tells the story of the creation of her company, Gade-Gui, specialized in groundnut processing. Gade-Gui employs 8 people and up to 100 seasonnal workers, most of whom are women. She explains why she turned to Cofina, a partner of Choose Africa, for financial support.

Nature’s services – food, economic, social – are essential to our societies, yet they have declined significantly with the destruction of biodiver- sity and the situation is rapidly worsening. Private companies, which we more specifically focus on in this issue of the Private Sector & Development review, are emerging and developing in response to the needs of society in often fast-growing economies.

Bigot Flowers Kenya horticultural farm’s business has been affected by the Covid-

In response to the various issues facing the agriculture sector, PROPARCO provides its clients with financial and non-financial solutions through PROPULSE, its capacity building service to engage its clients towards more positive impacts.

Golden Rice is a company based in Cambodia, specialized in processing, milling and retailing fragrant rice. Its activities supports the employment of over 70.000 small-scale rice producers. Since its creation in 2009, Proparco has been supporting Golden Rice through two financing solutions: loans and technical assistance.

Merec, the leading local player on the wheat and maize processing market in Mozambique, has diversified in recent years into manufacturing pasta, biscuits and animal feed. Merec currently operates four industrial sites in the three main regions in the country, in Maputo, Beira and Nacala. PROPARCO’s investment is financing its development and is contributing to strengthening food security in the country.

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

This issue of Private Sector & Development aims to demonstrate that the agro-industry, even if it sometimes brings up “negative externalities affecting the environment and small producers”, can be a major driver for development.

Golden Rice was founded in 2009 and is Cambodia’s leading exporter of high-end jasmin rice. In 2013, Proparco granted the company a special loan of 10 million dollars over five years to help Golden Rice finance its growth strategy.

This project in support of the Tereos Group is in many ways one of the most important in our Brazilian portfolio. First of all because it provides support to a key sector in the Brazilian agro-industry, and this type of approach has historically been central to PROPARCO’s strategy. This project is also essential to us because of what it covers and because of its positive impacts, in particular with respect to climate.

Forests are important carbon sinks that play a vital role in maintaining the world’s ecological balances. However, population growth and urbanisation are intensifying pressure on forested land in the southern hemisphere. The combined effects of agricultural development and overexploitation of fuel wood are causing nearly 13 million hectares of forest to disappear every year, particularly in the forest basins of the Amazon, Central Africa and Indonesia.

Sub-Saharan Africa is about to undergo an unprecedented demographic explosion: in 40 years its population will triple and the ratio of urban to rural dwellers will be reversed. Today, and even more so in the future, the continent’s stability – and this is a continent where 75% of the poorest people live in rural areas – depends on growth in the agricultural and agro-industrial sector.