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According to ADB documents, the prposed investment is a loan of up to $60,000,000, in United States dollars, to ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Limited (EACL) and to ECOM Agroindustrial Asia Pte. Limited (EAA) for the Ecom COVID-19 Smallholder Farmer Livelihood Support Project in Viet Nam, India, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea (PNG). The report also describes the proposed administration of a concessional loan of up to $1,200,000 to be provided by the Australian Climate Finance Partnership (ACFP).
An accompanying technical assistance grant will provide capacity building in climate-smart cocoa and coffee farming best practices and financial literacy in Indonesia and PNG, further supporting farmers’ recovery from the pandemic. The technical assistance will benefit about 4,000 farmers and also promote gender-inclusive practices. The grant comprises $205,000 from ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund for COVID recovery and $425,000 from the Strategic Climate Fund, administered by ADB.
As stated by the ADB, the borrowers are ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Limited (EACL), ECOM’s ultimate holding company incorporated in Switzerland, and ECOM Agroindustrial Asia Pte. Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of EACL, incorporated in Singapore.
ECOM is the world's largest coffee miller and one of the world's top merchants of coffee, cocoa, and cotton. It works with over 800,000 farmers in 40 countries. As an integrated commodity originator, processor, and merchandiser, ECOM focuses on partnering with smallholder farmers to provide traceable and certified products to branded product manufacturers.
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