Agriculture Projects

BURKINA FASO – Agriculture Sector Restructuring – Faso-Fani (textiles), SOSUCO (Sugar)

Government of Burkina Faso/World Bank

IOS Principals were engaged by the  Government of Burkina Faso government under World Bank funding to provide enterprise restructuring and overall privatization program support to the agriculture sector including transaction design and supervision, technical assistance in procurement, investor identification, contract drafting and negotiation, training, regulatory reform, public information, enterprise valuation and transaction implementation.

CAMEROON – Restructuring and Privatization

USAID

IOS Principals were engaged by USAID/Cameroon to manage a struggling five-farm seed multiplication and commercialization project. Successfully restructured the project, turning it around financially and negotiated its privatization to Pioneer Hi-Bred of the United States.

CAMEROON – Development Corporation Privatization

CTPL – Cameroon Privatization Commission

IOS Partners undertook due diligence on the operations, finances and organizational structure of the largest agricultural enterprise in Cameroon (Rubber, Tea, Cocoa and Palm Oil Plantation Operations) - the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) – in order to develop a strategy for the privatization of the residual areas of the CDC.

HUNGARY - Technical Assistance to Agricultural Exporters in Hungary

USAID/Hungary

USAID commissioned this study to identify and evaluate potential new markets that could be developed for Hungarian agricultural exporters.  IOS Principals undertook a detailed analysis of existing agricultural exports from Hungary, the markets they are exported to, and confirmed volumes and trends. A strategic plan was developed and contacts with possible importers and distributors for agricultural and other products were identified. The effort resulted in a significant increase in agricultural exports to the targeted markets.

MADAGASCAR – Restructuring for Sirima (Sugar), Hasyma (Cotton/ Textile), Cashewnut and 25 other enterprises

World Bank

IOS Principals were engaged by the Government of Madagascar under World Bank funding to provide overall enterprise restructuring and privatization program support for Sirima, Hasyma, Cashewnut and 25 other enterprises in Madagascar.  This included corporate and financial restructuring, transaction design and supervision, technical assistance in procurement, investor identification, contract drafting and negotiation, training, regulatory reform, public information, enterprise valuation and the development of employee ownership and investment funds.

MOROCCO - Cold Storage Needs for Palm Dates

US Agency for Trade & Development

IOS Partners is currently engaged in a technical assistance project in Morocco to conduct a comprehensive study to identify the specific needs of and feasibility for date cold storage and associated postharvest handling infrastructure, including value-added product agroprocessing facilities, which would help reduce the losses in quantity and quality of dates in Morocco. The project includes an assessment of the needs in terms of the most appropriate postharvest handling, storage, and market preparation technologies (i.e. cleaning, grading, packing, dehydration/hydration, insect disinfestation, packaging), and the appropriate quantity/sizes of cold storage facilities.  The Team will determine the technical and financial feasibility of investing in a cold storage network and affiliated postharvest care infrastructure for dates in the 5 main production provinces of Morocco.

NICARAGUA - Feasibility study – Export and Technical Assistance, Fruit and Vegetable processing facilities -  Private Sector Assistance Project (USAID)

USAID, Confederación Suprema de la Empresa Privada, Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Industry, Agricultural Chamber, Banker’s Association, Association of Exporters

IOS Partners conducted an in-depth enterprise study to assess the status of enterprises to be supported through technical assistance and market assessments. The firm studied a large number of enterprises including the provision of comprehensive technical assistance to the fruit and vegetable processing industry as well as a feasibility study for the exports of mangos to the USA – resulting in the gift, from the US Government, of an aseptic processing plant to treat the mangos before export to the USA. 

POLAND – Agricultural Sector Restructuring

Government of Poland

IOS Principals advised the government as well as cooperatives, state farms and state owned enterprises on restructuring and sectoral reform issues in the agricultural sector.

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA - Development of the Georgian National Wine Strategy and Action Plan

World Bank

IOS Partners is currently engaged in the development of a national wine strategy and action plan for the Republic of Georgia.  Activities include:

• Reviewing the current status of the Georgian Wine industry;
• Recommend a short to medium-term strategy and specific action plan for supporting the industry in the wake of losing its market in Russia;
• Recommend a strategy to diversify its markets and reduce its dependence on Russia and the ex-Soviet countries; and
• Establish a concrete and detailed road map for implementation of both the short and longer-term strategies. 

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA – Restructuring and Privatization of over 60 Agricultural Enterprises

World Bank

IOS Principals were engaged by the World Bank to advise on agricultural enterprise restructuring and a privatization program. The Team provided technical assistance in financial and legal restructuring of enterprises as well as transaction strategy development, privatization methodology and capital market development.

SAUDI ARABIA - Study For The Privatization Of Grain Silos In Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

IOS Partners was engaged by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to conduct a study for the privatization of grain silos.  The firm provided overall privatization program support including transaction design and supervision, audit supervision, technical assistance in procurement, investor identification, contract drafting and negotiation, training, regulatory reform, public information, valuation and the development of employee ownership scheme.

SOLOMON ISLANDS – Restructuring and Privatization of Major Agricultural Enterprises

Russell Island Plantation Ltd., Kolombangara Forest Products Limited, Commodities Export Marketing Authority, Solomon Islands Plantation Ltd., Asian Development Bank

IOS Principals were engaged by Asian Development Bank to serve as Enterprise Restructuring and Privatization Advisors to the Ministry of Finance's State Owned Enterprise Monitoring and Performance Unit (SOEMPU).  The Team worked directly with top-level management of SOE's on the restructuring of the major agricultural enterprises of the country.