Anchor Investor & Managing Partner: Agricultural Produce Processing Hub

Welthungerhilfe (WHH) and its consortium partners are implementing the European Union-funded HARVEST Project to enhance climate-smart agricultural productivity, resilience, and commercialization across Murewa, Mudzi, and Mutoko Districts.
WHH invites Expressions of Interest (EoI) from established agribusinesses, processors, commodity traders, exporters, and impact investors to serve as the Anchor Investor and Managing Partner (Majority Shareholder) in a commercially oriented, jointly owned agricultural processing enterprise. Established as an Inclusive 4P (Public-Private-Producer Partnership) enterprise, the Hub will aggregate, process, add value, and market climate-smart dryland crops produced by an organized base of over 4,000 smallholder farmers.
AT A GLANCE
The opportunity: Anchor Investor and Managing Partner in a commercially oriented, jointly owned agricultural processing enterprise.
What is already on the table: Approximately EUR 200,000 investment in hub infrastructure, an organised base of approximately 4,000 farmers, three years of farmer association capacity strengthening, and identified dryland value chains.
The 4P proposition: Shared investment, shared governance, and shared value creation, with farmer organisations participating as shareholders
The market opportunity: Aggregation, processing, and value addition, with potential for long-term off-take arrangements, domestic wholesale, and export markets.
What we are looking for: An investor bringing complementary capital/technology, commercial management capability and established market networks.
The long-term proposition: A commercially sustainable enterprise designed to operate beyond project support, while creating farmer value, employment, and local economic growth.

• Co-investing (financial and/or in-kind) to secure the majority equity stake, leading commercial strategy, daily hub operations, and market development
• Managing cleaning, grading, shelling, drying, packaging, and storage of target commodities
• Securing off-take contracts, domestic wholesale, and export market access
• Building inclusive smallholder outgrower/sourcing models

• Legally registered entity with 5+ years in agribusiness/processing
• Commercial track record in target commodities (oilseeds, grains, spices)
• 2 years audited financial statements & proven co-investment capacity
• Commitment to a 7+ year horizon and ESG/smallholder integration
• Co-investing equipment, technology, processing lines, and working capital