Making the most of investing in Latin American Agro-Businesses How to profitably do the right thing in the right place…right now

Success Enablers™

Our passion is produce, our mission is to generate the financial results for our clients that will enable them to prosper and re-invest in their business, community and environment

27%

The World’s Population is growing

+1Billion by 2025!

More people with more purchasing power

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The World will need 60% more food by 2050 Where will this extra food come from?

Where is land available?

Where is the fresh water?

The Latin America and Caribbean region posses 1/3 of the world’s fresh water, and that proportion will increase further by 2025

http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/climate/page/3091.aspx

Only Latin America has land AND water

So only Latin America will be a net exporter

TFP: Total Factor Productivity

How can you participate?

• Invest in land for production

• Invest in technologies to increase productivity such as greenhouses

• Leverage underutilized processing capacity

• Vertically integrate growers and go direct to market

Value in the Supply Chain

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% of Production Lost to Waste

Production Waste

There is also great value to be captured by reducing waste and improving efficiencies

• Large grower with available land and access to water • Selling to distributors and wholesalers • Wanting to capture more value via direct channel commercialization • Requiring insights for expansion into non traditional products and markets

Case Study: Large Grower Peru

Our team developed for the Client a comprehensive Roadmap

Vegetable and fruit waste from farm to market is approx. 30-40% Reducing waste can result in almost US$78 million a year saving

More profitability for growers and lower prices for

consumers

Waste Reduction Project Panama

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International

Quality Products

with Traceability,

Adequate Safety

and Hygene

We Crafted a Vision for the Panama Cold Chain System

Weighing and Traceability

On Site Buyers Offices

Consolidation and Shipping

Q.A. and Inspection Controlled Access Processing and Re-Pack

Cooling and Refrigerated Storage

The Team Designed, Spec’d. and Built 4 State of the Art Centers

Saved $5MM in the first year of operation in Onion losses alone!

Breakthrough Solutions’ Ultimate Goal

CREATE BETTER JOBS - REDUCE POVERTY – PROTECT THE FUTURE

Summary

Latin America is poised to become the world’s breadbasket by 2025 It is the only region of the world with available land, water and labor where production can grow faster than population and demand Investing in Latin America farming, infrastructure or logistics businesses presents a great opportunity to diversify sourcing, invest in a socially impactful way and expand year round offering to your customers Investing creates good jobs and opportunities in those communities where the product is grown, helping promote development and reducing urban migration Breakthrough Solutions offers the end to end know how required to help you succeed in your agro-business projects – Would you like us to help you?

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