Agro (company)


Agro Industry is an integrated provider of agricultural products and services linking farmers to markets. It was formed in 2006 and is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Monrovia, Liberia. This agro-industrial firm specializes in the establishment and management of industrial as well as smallholders' plantations and allied processing and down stream industries. Crops produced and processed by the company include oil palm, and natural rubber, rubberwood and cassava.

History

Agro Inc began from a consolidation of Bong County Rubber Plantations and Margibi County Estate Farms located in Liberia. Soon thereafter, it began an aggressive expansion program that lead to the acquisition of additional oil palm and rubber estates, the fostering of partnerships with up-country suppliers, and the development out-grower programs around its nucleus plantations
Agro Inc's strong origination capabilities made it feasible for value-addition and direct marketing of its agro-products to regional buyers. It's AMILS program links rural Liberian farmers to the market through SMS technology on mobile phones. Many of its products undergo primary and intermediate processing before they are delivered to the final customer.
In 2006, Agro Inc began to transfer these skills and competencies across geographic boundaries into other developing countries and across product boundaries to other adjacent products. Today, it manages activities - from origination to processing, logistics, marketing and distribution - in the supply chains of locally produced oil palm, natural rubber, cassava, pineapple, plantain, and rubberwood. Beyond Liberia, Agro Inc is also active in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire. A marketing office is located in Washington, DC.

Membership

Agro Inc maintains an executive corporate membership with the Liberia Chamber of Commerce, the Liberian Business Association, the Rubber Planters Association of Liberia, and is a charter member of the Oil Palm Association of Liberia. It is also a member of the Agriculture Coordinating Committee headed by Liberia's Ministry of Agriculture.