Agricultural Coffee Association
Buena Vista Agricabv S.A.
Sector
Agribusiness
Department
La Paz and Santa Cruz
First year of investment
2004
Background
The Agricultural Coffee Association Buena Vista A.S. (Agricabv) has been operating since 1985 specializing in the storage and collection of coffee beans. In 1998, new institutional shareholders join the company. In recent years, Agricabv has become a holding company specialized in the coffee and peanut businesses and giving rise to Agricafe (coffee) and Agrinuts (peanuts). Agricabv is also the Buena Vista coffee brand owner and, therefore, responsible for its production and marketing.
The intervention
IES Foundation invested in Agricabv in June 2004
The intervention Model
Currently, IES Foundation participates as a minority shareholder and, supports the vision, policies and strategic guidelines of the company.
Results
Among the most outstanding results of these 14 years of joint work, we can highlight the fact that the Buena Vista coffee brand has consolidated its market share in the most important cities in Bolivia and it is acknowledge as one of the leading coffee brands in the country.
