For 25 years, CARANA has applied its market-driven philosophy to agricultural industries all over the world, improving productivity, processing and delivery systems―both for local consumption and exports. All but one of our current projects is either fully or partly focused on agribusiness development. We believe in treating agriculture as a business and farmers as businesspeople―no matter how poor they are―knowing that better prices for farmers underlies improved incomes, economic growth and food security. We have experience in multiple value chains, product areas and markets and have been particularly successful at moving up-market with higher value products. We also collaborate with a wide range of international agribusiness, food and consumer product companies and retailers. We focus on:

• Value chains or “farm to fork” services
  Including fruits and vegetables (greenhouse and open field), cereals, sugar, livestock, coffee, cocoa, nuts, pulses, oils, fish, integrated aquaculture, food additives and specialty/organic foods.
   
• Quality improvement at the source
  Research, extension services, certifications, sanitary-phytosanitary systems

• Buyer-seller relationships
  Including Sysco, Costco, Cargill, Olam, Rock Garden and Talier Trading Company

Our leading agribusiness projects, as well as those with strong agribusiness components, include:

• Paraguay Productivob (PyP)
  
• Rwanda: Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Project (PHHS)
• Market Linkage Initiative (MLI)
  
• Nicaragua Enterprise & Employment (E&E)
  
• West Africa Trade Hub (WATH)
  
• Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub
• East Africa Value Chain Analysis
• Palestinian Agribusiness Partnership Activity (PAPA)
  
• Productive Network
• Guyana Trade and Investment Support (GTIS)