agriculture

mountain pastures dairy
food processing / afghanistan

Mountain Pastures Dairy Company is a venture-stage company that was formed to process and distribute dairy products in Afghanistan. The Company's goal is to develop and lead the Afghan market for processed branded dairy products, fruit juice and bottled drinking water. Delphos International worked with Mountain Pastures in developing the original business plan and financial model which included obtaining a monetization grant from the US Department of Agriculture in the form of milk powder. Ultimately, an OPIC loan of $6 million was secured to cover a portion of the total project costs estimated at $10 for the development of three dairy processing and distribution plants. Mountain Pastures plans to begin operations in the spring of 2007, and represents one of the largest agribusiness private investments in the region to date.

padi murni
agriculture / indonesia

Delphos International is working with Padi Murni to obtain financing for the construction and operation of a rice milling facility in Indonesia. The project will cost an estimated $27 million, with $15 million being financed with OPIC debt financing which is currently under review. The project will improve local supply chain efficiencies in the area by introducing state-of-the-art and cost effective technologies and business practices, and will initially reduce technical losses from solar drying, storage and milling by up to 6%. Additionally, the project will increase pre-mill-gate yields and reduce harvesting losses by providing credit to farmers as part of a contract farming system.