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Read the Mainland Holdings Case Study |
About the company Mainland Holdings is a well established national agribusiness company in PNG with 37 years experience in working with smallholder farmers. The company has grown to incorporate seven business divisions with its origins in the coffee industry. It has since grown into a sizeable business, with 2,000 employees but has maintained its close links with its rural shareholder base. {slidetoggle=Read more 'About the Company'} Today, the company is involved in a variety of business activities, including, but not limited to, meat processing, poultry and coffee production. Recognising the potential to enhance the quality and supply of PNG’s vanilla, Mainland Holdings applied for an ECF grant to expand into the vanilla industry and establish a vanilla rapid curing project. Vanilla is grown extensively in PNG and global demand for quality cured vanilla outstrips supply. Interest in the crop however has dropped in PNG due to quality problems associated with poor curing techniques used in the village and subsequent low yields and fluctuating incomes. {/slidetoggle} Total grant funding approved: ECF A$453,745 About the project Mainland Holdings will establish a processing plant that will convert fresh green vanilla pods into desiccated, fermented and dried products to international standards. This will greatly increase the demand for processed vanilla products from PNG. This process will be implemented through a joint partnerships with Uvan Ltd, a Ugandan company with over 20 years experience in vanilla production. Results December 2012
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