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Selection Of Technical Partner And Equity Investor To Jointly Manage Trinity Agro Corporation
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Request for proposal for Selection of technical partner and equity investor to jointly manage trinity agro corporation
. The Episcopal Church of Liberia (ECL) and Cuttington University (CU) have created a standalone agribusiness company called Trinity Agro Corporation (TAC). The plan is for TAC to enter a Joint Venture (J/V) arrangement with an experienced agribusiness management entity to implement a business development plan prepared by ÆDE. The J/V will engage in well-organized, climatesmart agribusiness, producing highly profitable short-cycle crops on land owned by both ECL and CU in Liberia to enhance their financial self-sufficiency. 2. The Client now invites interested parties to submit Technical and Financial Proposals on their intended J/V arrangement with TAC, in line with details provided in the attached Terms of Reference (Section 3) below. 3. The RFP includes the following documents: Section 1 – Request for Proposals Letter Section 2 - Instructions to Strategic Partners/ Investors Section 3 - Terms of ReferenceThe ECL/CU have engaged the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in a Memorandum of Understanding with Cuttington University to collaborate with human resources development to support a sustainable Food Science program with Preplanning and Postharvest education/training in support of this project and Liberia’s national agriculture policies. The universities will provide scientific research certifications and standardization labs to verify organic farming branding within the food production ecosystem. The business goals of TAC for establishing and implementing a well-organized, sustainable, climate-smart, and profitable agribusiness enterprise were as follows: ? Goal 1: Maximize financial returns from commercial farming by utilizing the initial 455 acres of CU’s land endowment and other identified institutional land grants. ? Goal 2: Revitalize the Cuttington’s College of Agriculture for a major role in academic and field work to train agricultural extension agents and agripreneurs in various commodity value chains, in support of Liberia’s agricultural development agenda. ? Goal 3: Position the project as the nuclear farm for the provision of agricultural extension services to outgrower farms along the Monrovia-Ganta Development Corridor, as off taker/market outlet for targeted crops, and to provide employment opportunities to several residents. ? Goal 4: Develop partnerships with local, regional, and international investors, financiers, and service providers to enhance access to agribusiness capital, expertise, technology and markets.
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