• What type of agribusiness do you work with, and what is your role?
• Which government policies or regulations affect your access to markets for your products and/or services?
• What are examples of some good policies, regulations, or other incentives that have encouraged you to increase your investment, or that enabled you to increase revenue or hire more employees?
• What are examples of policies, regulations or market conditions that discouraged your investment (for example, uncertain access to land; constraints on access to new technologies; insufficiently skilled workforce; corruption; poor quality enforcement; unpredictable taxation; government/customs delay; high cost of financing or lack of foreign exchange; poor or costly telecommunications; transportation obstacles, etc.)?
• Which laws or regulations cause the greatest cost, delay, or uncertainty in your business operations?
• What can the government do to make it easier or less risky to increase your investment?
• What impact would these positive reforms have on your business?

Video Publications

Tjerk Scheltema from Multiflower Ltd on Agricultural Development in Tanzania

Tjerk Scheltema from Multiflower Ltd. discusses the major constraints to agricultural development and opportunities to grow investment in Tanzania, including import duties, VAT, consistent taxation, electricity, and finance.

Sridhar Krishnan from OLAM International on Agricultural Development in Tanzania

Sridhar Krishnan from OLAM discusses the major constraints to agricultural development and opportunities to grow investment in Tanzania, including crop regulation boards, infrastructure, and port delays.

Ruth Muiruri from Wilmar Agro on Agricultural Development in Kenya

Ruth Muiruri from Wilmar Agro Ltd. discusses the major constraints to agricultural development and opportunities to grow investment in Kenya, including international trade relationships, free flow of technology and people, imports of raw materials, and access to finance.

Herwig Tretter from Mount Meru Flowers on Agricultural Development in Tanzania

Herwig Tretter from Mount Meru Flowers discusses the major constraints to agricultural development and opportunities to grow investment in Tanzania, including import regulations, port development, power supply, and interest rates.

Jacqueline Mkindi from TAHA on Agriculture Growth in Tanzania

Jacqueline Mkindi from the Tanzanian Horticultural Association discusses the major constraints to agricultural development and opportunities to grow investment in Tanzania, including improved infrastructure for exporting, land ownership, consistent taxation, and access to agricultural finance.

Andy Watt from Syngenta on Constraints to Agricultural Development

Andy Watt from Syngenta discusses the major constraints to agricultural development and opportunities to grow investment in East Africa, including land licensing, processes for importing agricultural equipment, large-scale farming knowledge, infrastructure development, and finance systems.

Fernandos Aviles from Verduglasa on Agricultural Development in El Salvador

Fernandos Aviles from Verduglasa discusses the major constraints to agricultural development and opportunities to grow investment in El Salvador, including 24-hour online customs procedures, consistent taxation, ICT system reliability, and corruption.