About Us

WHO WE ARE

Competence, experience and credibility: three key traits of effective and insightful consultancies - traits offered by Agri-Africa through its synergetic network of agribusiness professionals, many of whom are nationally or internationally recognised as leaders in their respective fields. Agri-Africa offers effective investigative capability, and delivers superior strategy formulation and operational results to business, government and NGO clients.

Agri-Africa is a network of agricultural consultants and practitioners operating in the interlocking fields of business, agriculture and agro-political policy. A careful and organised alignment of skills and experience allows Agri-Africa to offer a full spectrum of specialist and general business competencies appropriate to each client's individual situation and unique needs.

Professionals affiliated with Agri-Africa operate from one of two levels. At the centre is a group of experienced agricultural economists and agribusiness administrators. These core members operate at the heart of the Agri-Africa network and actively govern the consulting practice to ensure superior levels of client service and value. A fundamental value shared by all members of the Agri-Africa team is the importance of a sound business perspective in delivering sustainable outcomes in the multi-faceted field of agricultural development.

Complementing the core membership and acting in an independent capacity as part of the Agri-Africa network are a variety of individuals and corporate entities offering specialist skills. These are associate members of the consulting practice and their involvement is determined by the nature of each consulting assignment and the specific expertise required.

Agri-Africa's emphasis on sustainable agriculture (in its broadest sense)combined with the wide range of skills offered through its network of Core members and Associates delivers comprehensive consulting and management services tailored to the specific needs of Southern African agriculture.

PHILOSOPHY AND POSITIONING

Agri-Africa operates within a few simple positional and philosophical guidelines.

•	Sustainability - the yardstick Agriculture is a key driver of economic growth in Southern Africa. At all three levels in the industry - smallholder and community farming, commercial farming and agribusiness development - Agri-Africa regards the concept of sustainability (a deeper, and more human concept than viability) as the most significant principle upon which to build a consultancy platform. This is the principle yardstick against which advice should be measured and interventions applied.
•	Compatibility - the design objective In pursuance of its focus on 'sustainability' Agri-Africa propositions: that actual project outcomes result from the interaction of strategic design and operational context; therefore success or failure is a function of the compatibility (or lack of it) existing between them. Problem analysis and recommended solutions are based on compatibility criteria.
•	Equity - the socio-political imperative At the socio-political level Agri-Africa fully supports black economic empowerment (BEE); it recognises that equitable and fair redistribution of resources is undeniably compatible with long term sustainability. (Agri-Africa also enthusiastically fulfills a consultancy role in AgriBEE, reviewing and creating solutions to meet the challenges offered.)
•	Quality - uncompromising All consulting assignments are geared to meet acceptable standards of excellence. Larger assignments are peer-reviewed.
•	Geography - Southern Africa Activities of Agri-Africa are limited to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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