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Global AgribusinessCreAtIng oPPortunIty In emergIng mArkets
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, focuses on the private sector to promote growth, reduce poverty, and improve people’s lives in developing countries. IFC is the world’s largest multilateral financier for companies that do business in emerging markets. We finance and advise clients to support profitable and sustainable business development in these markets.
Established more than 50 years ago and owned by 182 shareholder countries, IFC has unparalleled experience in helping private companies succeed in emerging markets worldwide—we are global.
We are also local—with offices in more than 86 countries and active programs in many others.
We can work with clients anywhere in the developing world. Behind every IFC venture is a strong network that links people, institutions, ideas, and capital. We are your connection to success in the emerging marketplace.
In fiscal year 2010, IFC committed $18 billion, of which $12.7 billion was for its own account and $5.3 billion was mobilized through syndicated loans, structured and securitized products, and IFC new initiatives for 528 projects in 103 developing countries. Our Advisory Services portfolio comprised 736 active projects valued at more than $850 million, with annual expenditures totaling $268 million.
The IFC Difference
IFC: Key Facts
Credit rating: AAA (Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s)
Portfolio: $48.8 billion, representing 1,656 investments in more than 100 countries (as of June 30, 2010)
total staff: Approximately 3,400 (more than 50 percent are based in country offices worldwide)
number of Investments Committed in Fy10:528 in 103 countries
broad Industry expertise: IFC can help companies address potential risks and incorporate global best practices and technologies into their operations
broad Product range: Corporate and project finance, subnational finance, loans, equity, quasi-equity, structured finance, syndications, and advisory services
Partnership model: Emphasis on building long-term partnerships with clients
Committed Portfolio by RegionFor IFC’s own account as of june 30, 2010
Committed Portfolio by IndustryFor IFC’s own account as of june 30, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa13%
Middle East andNorth Africa
11%
South Asia11%
East Asia andthe Pacific
14%
Global1%
Latin America andthe Caribbean25%
Europe and Central Asia25%
Private Equity and Investment Funds5%
Agribusiness 6%
Oil, Gas, Mining,and Chemicals
9%
Infrastructure16%
Global Information andCommunication Technologies
4%
Health and Education3% Subnational Finance
2%
Global Manufacturingand Services17%
Global Financial Markets37%
Global Agribusiness
IFC has made agribusiness a priority because of its potential for broad development impact and especially strong role in poverty re-duction. We combine investments and advisory services to help the private sector address higher demand and escalating food prices in an environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive way. We also support global initiatives for sustainable production of agricultural commodities.
The food crisis is putting pressure on the global supply chain and threatening progress in poverty reduction. To help clients prefinance inventories, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, and fuel for farmers, IFC offers working capital facilities. In the medium term, we will scale up financing for agribusiness and address critical constraints along the agribusiness value chain. We aim to bring land into sustainable production, improve productivity by transferring technologies and practices, and make the best use of water and other resources. We will also pursue investments, with both private and public sectors,
in physical infrastructure (ports, warehouses, cold storage, telecom-munications) that can facilitate trade and lower cost. To reach small farmers and rural enterprises, particularly in low-income countries, IFC works with trading companies and financial intermediaries, helping channel financing and advisory services effectively.
Agribusiness companies increasingly recognize that the sector needs to make sustainable use of land, water, and other key natural resources, while increasing supply to meet market demand. The sector also faces social challenges, including the need to raise labor standards. IFC seeks commercially viable solutions and helps companies set benchmarks for responsible production in line with industry best practices. In areas such as sequestering carbon, manag-ing watersheds, preserving biodiversity, and producing renewable energy resources, IFC’s efforts can also help generate new income through environmental services. IFC is also working with clients to strengthen their supply chains by helping small farmers increase productivity and apply appropriate environmental, social, and quality standards.
IFC: A Global Partner
Washington, dC
moscow
Istanbul
Cairo
johannesburg
Mexico City
Managua
Bogotá
Port-of-Spain
Lima
Rio de Janeiro
Dakar
Rabat
Paris
London Brussels
Lagos
Nairobi
= IFC Hub Offices
= IFC Field Offices (a partial list)
= IFC Headquarters
= Markets where IFC invests
Mumbai
Almaty
TbilisiBeijing
Chengdu
Jakarta
Baku
Kyiv
Minsk
Accra
São Paulo
Buenos Aires
new delhi
Hong kong
IFC’s Added vAlue In AgrIbusIness
Competitive long-term financing
Regional knowledge
Global sector expertise
Country risk mitigation
Environmental and social risk management
Sustainability toolkit
Advisory services
From Farm to Factory to Fork IFC provides investment and advisory services to the agribusiness sector along the full value chain directly to companies and indirectly through intermediaries.
dIreCt FInAnCIng
Inputs jain Irrigation (India): $45 million loan and $14 million equity to India’s largest provider of micro irrigationsystems to increase efficient water delivery and reach more than 2,000 farmers.
Farm Production
Wadi (egypt): $40 million in loans to expand poultry operations, feed-milling and pelleting capacity, plant olive groves, and grape farms, as well as to establish a celpad plant and expand the company’s glass containers capacity.
sourcing salala rubber (liberia): $10 million loan to finance rehabilitation of post-conflict rubber plantations and further export of semi-processed natural rubber to tire manufacturers worldwide.
Processing Wings (Indonesia): $92 million in loans to expand and finance working capital of Wings Group’s operating companies producing instant noodles.
trade/ distribution
Finatrade (West Africa): $20 million loan to support regional expansion of a leading distribution company that specializes in soft commodities (rice, sugar, and vegetable oils) and fast-moving consumer goods.
Wholesale/ retail
AdA-ticaret (Azerbaijan): $18 million loan and equity to support direct purchases from suppliers and wholesal-ers, efficient handling, storage, and distribution by the state-of-the-art grocery retail chain.
Infrastructure/ logistics
snowman Frozen Foods limited (India): $5 million equity to expand temperature-controlled transportation and storage infrastructure.
IndIreCt FInAnCIng
Pre-Harvest Finance
ecom (latin America, West Africa, Asia): $80 million corporate loan facility to a commodity trader foronlending to farmers for capital expenditures and crop financing and to improve supply-chain standards, social and environmental practices, and key performance indicators of coffee suppliers.
IFC’s Agribusiness Investments
IFC significantly scaled up its investments in agribusiness in the last few years. During FY10, IFC invested nearly $2 billion across the agribusiness supply chain—from farm to retail—to help boost production, increase liquidity, improve logistics and distribution, and expand access to credit for small farmers. At the end of FY10 IFC’s agribusiness portfolio stood at $3.9 billion.
IFC’s CommItments In AgrIbusIness by FIsCAl yeAr
IFC’s AgrIbusIness PortFolIo by regIon
IFC’s AgrIbusIness PortFolIo by subseCtor
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Agribusiness Production & Processing
Equity Funds
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Rural and Trade Finance
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Food Retail12%
Fertilizers6%
AgriInfrastructure4%
Agribusiness Productionand Processing 75%
Equity Funds3%
Animal Processing 14%
Beverages 5%
Grains & Milling 7%
Dairy Products 4%
Fruits & Vegetables 6%
Veg Fats & Oils 15%
Sugar 17%
Other Foods 22%
Other 10%
Africa6%
Middle East / North Africa2%
South Asia11%
East Asia11%
Latin America45%
Europe and Central Asia25%
Note: All portfolio data include syndications
IFC’S Approach to Financing Agribusiness
IndIreCt FInAnCIng: trAders And FInAnCIAl InstItutIons
Expand reach to small farms and businesses, which are essential to the sector but too small for IFC to finance directly
Build on local market knowledge of intermediaries (regulations, business customs, and client/ supplier reputations)
Channel investment and advisory services to end users via intermediaries
Develop and promote sustainability best practices through intermediaries
dIreCt FInAnCIng: CorPorAte And ProjeCt FInAnCIng
Direct financing of agribusiness firms
Build long-term partnerships with emerging industry leaders
Promote best practices in corporate governance and environment and social sustainability
Implement programs to support individual farmers and distribution companies
Provide advisory services that add value in IFC’s financing package
Investment servICes
Equity and long-term loans
Partial credit guarantees and risk-sharing facilities
Syndications
AdvIsory servICes
Strengthen farmers, small businesses, supply chain linkages, and infrastructure
Facilitate market development of local supply through helping farms meet quality and quantity requirements
Raise standards of corporate governance and business transparency
Support the development and uptake of eco-standards
Correspondence to:
IFC Agribusiness
2121 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, MSN 8P-807
Washington, DC 20433, USA
Fax: +1 (202) 974-4338
ifc.org/agribusiness
2011