Technical Assistance Facility for Sustainable Business Development in Agriculture

• Medium-sized enterprises (turnover range >50k$pa<2m$pa) in developing countries and emerging markets working in agriculture and food (trading, processing, marketing)
• Smallholder family farms delivering primary agricultural commodities to medium-sized agriculture and food related companies
  

1. Complementing investments into 10-20 companies to empower at least 200’000 smallholder farms by facilitating their proper access to capital and risk transfer mechanisms, quality farm inputs, markets, and other services so as to improve and grow their farm businesses.
2. Harnessing the potential of the financial markets to strengthen food security and to combat rural poverty through the development of pro-poor agricultural value chains in the South and thereby building a bridge between social investors in Switzerland and elsewhere and medium sized enterprises seeking funding in the South.
3. Strengthening the social and environmental impact of medium sized enterprises strategically engaged in pro-poor agricultural value chains.
   

Resultados previstos:  

• Technical assistance (business and growth plans, training, marketing studies, etc.) to 10 – 20 medium sized, agricultural and food security related companies in developing countries and emerging markets (selection on a best commercial offer).
• At least $30m in private capital invested (loan or equity) from Swiss private impact investors.
  

Fase 1 01.12.2017 - 30.11.2021   (Completed)