Mission and Vision
To achieve its mission, Schweizer Agriculture facilitates agriculture growth, working capital for equipment leases, inputs (fertilizers, seed, and chemicals), and provides market guarantees in exchange SA collects crop harvests through electronic warehouse receipts (eWHR’) at centralized storage silos managed by registered commercial agro-dealers.
The opportunity identified includes three segments:
Primary Agriculture
Primary Agriculture, i.e. actual farming this historically has been the smallest component of Schweizer Agri’ parent company Infrastructure Project Delivery Solutions (IPDS) exposure to the Schweizer Agri-business sector;
Secondary Agriculture
Secondary Agri-business, ie exposure to companies processing the product of the primary agricultural sector (wheat, maize and soybeans) through its Joint Venture Partnerships with local, regional and international partners; and
Tertiary Agriculture
Tertiary Agri-business, ie exposure to companies providing inputs into the Agri sector, which in the case of Schweizer Agri has mainly involved fertilizer, hybrid seeds bio organic chemicals, trading, supply chain and logistics of the produce by 125, 000 contracted small scale farmers supported by Kachi Agri Micro Finance, Oasis Asset & Fund Managers and other input, technical and service suppliers.