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FAF Developments is a family-owned international agricultural advisory and enterprise development firm with a proven record of driving rural transformation through market-aligned, production-to-market agricultural programs.

With over 100 years of combined experience, our leadership team has built and managed farms, ranches, processing centers, and export operations, making us uniquely suited to translate development strategies into results on the ground. We specialize in delivering measurable impact in complex and dynamic environments, particularly across the Americas and Africa. From building cattle ranches in Argentina to running one of the U.S.’s leading crop farms and dry bean processing firms, we know what it takes to move agricultural systems forward—effectively, practically, sustainably, and profitably.

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Our Mission in Action

  • Increase agricultural productivity through modern U.S. technologies, inputs, practices, training, and partnerships
  • Expand agricultural bilateral trade by enabling rural producers to access U.S. markets through stronger value chains

Examples of our Work

  • Market Assessment
  • Costa Rica Estates
  • Market Assessments
  • Market Assessment and Facilitations, 1988-90
  • Santa Cecilia
  • Latin America & Europe Market Development, 2008-10
  • Brazil Beef and Feed Value Chain
  • Des Moines Office
  • Jamaica Project Development and Management, 1987-94
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Sector Expertise, Value Chain Services, and Global Track Record

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Livestock

Cattle, Small Ruminents
FAF improves herd productivity through advanced genetics, AI/ET, feed/forage systems, nutrition, preventive health programs, pasture management, and ranch infrastructure. We have supervised large-scale beef operations in the United States, Argentina Uruguay, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil and Uganda enhancing food security.
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Crops

Corn, Soybeans, Dry Beans
We enhance seed/genetic systems, regenerative agronomy, conservation tillage, precision agriculture, aggregation, and marketing, with commercial expertise in bean processing and export. Our crop expertise spans the United States,  Argentina, Afghanistan and Ethiopia, with current export markets in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
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Botanicals

Fixed/Essential Oils, Extracts
FAF enables smallholders to meet global standards for traceability, certification, post-harvest processing. We’ve built certified supply chains in Chile, Colombia, Tanzania, exporting to the North America, Europe, and Oceania, ensuring quality, resilience, and long-term market competitiveness for producers
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Trade

Infrastructure, Processing, Market Access
We design and implement irrigation, feedlots, processing (milling, oilseed extraction, dehydration, etc.), and storage systems. We support trade readiness through import readiness: infrastructure, port facilitation, customs efficiency, cold/dry storage, last-mile logistics, digital tracking systems, bonded warehouses, inspection protocols, container handling, intermodal connectivity. FAF has successfully managed over 300,000 MT of USDA Food for Progress wheat shipments, under the Abraham Accords to Sudan in fragile contexts, receiving “Excellent” performance ratings and strengthening local trade capacity and food systems and resilience.

Why FAF?

  • Proven Execution in Fragile Contexts: Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Afghanistan, and Colombia
  • End-to-End Solutions: Full production-to-market capability through anchor farms, outgrower, and commercialization
  • Business-Led Development: Durable, productive, efficient, investable enterprises—not short-term projects
  • Boots-on-the-Ground: Co-design with local producers, NGOs, SMEs, governments, impact funds and the private sector
  • Global Standards, Local Impact: High-performance solutions tailored to each context, culture, and need

Let’s Build Resilient Agricultural Economies—Together

Whether revitalizing livestock and crop systems in Africa or expanding meat, dry bean and botanical trade to/from Latin America, FAF Developments delivers results with passion, pragmatism, professionalism, and purpose. Our hands-on approach with true grit ensures locally grounded solutions that create lasting economic, social and environmental impact.