Yara International ASANorwegian-African Business Summit,

29 September 2011

Yara: the global leader in sustainable agriculture and environmental solutions

Revenues (2010)

10.9 bnUSD

Employees

7.348Established in more than

50 countries

Global #1- ammonia- nitrates- NPKs- specialty fertilizers

Creating impact is the way we do business –impacting long-term value for our shareholdersand society at large

Three focal areas where we canimpact our customers’ valuecreation and societal benefits:

– Food– Environment– Resources

Author

Agricultural Growth Corridors: Focused investment to improve food security

What? Launched by Yara at the UN

General Assemble in 2008 Investment into agricultural

clusters Utilize existing backbone

infrastructure Taking the whole value chain into

perspective Public-private partnership

Where? Two corridors are being

developed: Beira, in Mozambique Southern Agricultural Growth

Corridor in Tanzania (SAGCOT) The concept will also be utilized

in the Pan African High Level Task Force for Agricultural Development

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SAGCOT in Tanzania

Backbone infrastructure exists: rail, electricity, main roads

Ample freshwater supplies

Several areas with great potential for cluster development

Environmental sustainability important part of analysis

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Partners in SAGCOT

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Investment in infrastructure and ‘catalytic’ finance will kick-start a virtuous cycle

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Goal: Improved food security and prosperity By 2030: Increased revenues from

agriculture by USD 1.3 billion Create 420,000 new jobs Lift 2.3 million people out of

poverty Investment Blueprint is available

at:

www.africacorridors.com