MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Ecom Borrows $200m for Agricultural Value Chains from DFIs, Arranged by FMO

Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), a Dutch public-private partnership, recently arranged a 7-year financing deal of USD 200 million for Ecom, a corporation based in Switzerland that specializes in the trading and processing of coffee, cocoa and cotton. The deal is 30-percent funded by FMO, with the remainder coming from