AGRO-INVESTMENT CORPORATION

The Agro-Invest is the business facilitation arm of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC) with overall responsibility for agri-business facilitation, management of strategic assets and projects in the agricultural sector.

Our aims and objectives are:

• Identifying investments in agriculture through research, information gathering and packaging of investment possibilities and opportunities

• Promoting and facilitating investments through collaboration with other agencies and Ministries of Government

• Working with investors to identify investment opportunities and assist them with translating their ideas into viable and sustainable projects

• Influencing other stakeholders to create a friendly and hospitable climate for agricultural investment

• Mobilising funding to support investment opportunities in agriculture

• Providing access to government-owned agricultural lands and facilities

• Managing selected physical facilities which enhance the agricultural value chain

Our services cover the entire investment chain from:

• The identification of opportunities through feasibility studies

• Project Development

• Fund Mobilisation

• Project Management

• Management of state-owned assets

• Long-term business performance monitoring and the provision of technical support

Some of our major achievements for the year are:

• Collaborated to facilitate new agricultural development to the tune of US$41 milion

• Seven (7) Agro Parks under operation covering 2,711 hectares of land

• 1,537 hectares of land having access to water, an increase of 86.2 per cent over previous year

• Employment created for 1,639 individuals

• Eight large private investors committing over $160 million of new investment in 2016

• Estimated $212M of produce sold to local and export markets

• Over five hundred (500) farmers engaged across Agro Parks

• Youth in Agriculture being facilitated to receive 100 acres of land in the Spring Plain Agro Park