FOR NATIONAL AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY PROJECT

Client

Plantation Company

Products & Services

• Market Research & Data Analytics
• Strategic Business Planning
• Financial Modelling 
• Socio-economic Assessment

Description of Project

Client

The client is a company listed on Bursa Malaysia. Its principal  business activities are plantation of food crops, mainly durians for exportation.

Background

In view of the persistent food security issues in Malaysia and several other neighboring countries, the Client sees opportunities to expand its current business coverage by venturing into other agriculture & food business.

Challenges & Expectations

The new business expansion shall tapping on the opportunities arise in advanced agri-tech that would enhanced the farming productivity.

In order to achieve a sizable profit, the Client is envisioned to embark on a minimum 100,000 acre farming sites throughout various states in Malaysia.

The project shall focus on fostering Public-Private Partnership with Federal & State Government in Malaysia to ensure high participation rates.

Our Role on the Project

Scope of Services

We were engaged to provide the following services:

• Market intelligence study & big data analytics to identify potential agrofood that can be focused in the business
• Develop a PPP business model for the project promoters
• Build a project level financial model
• Assess the socio-economic benefits

Solutions/Outcomes Delivered

We conducted a thorough analysis on the historical food import & export patterns for a 10-year period to identify food production and consumptions trends across several countries. Working with agriculture specialist & nutritionist, our team developed a proprietary crop selection framework to shortlist local produces that are suitable and viable for production in Malaysia with Agritech.

We developed an end-to-end supply chain business model with PPP concept which ensure offtake on local farmers’ production. We also engaged with local farmers to understand their expansion plan and designed a farming strategy that take into consideration the scale & type of agrofood by the participating farmers.