Paraguay Investment Proposal
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HiH Investment Forum 2025
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Paraguay Proposal
In its third participation in the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum, Paraguay will present two investment cases, the first one focused on aquaculture, the second one on financial inclusion.
Paraguayan aquaculture has experienced accelerated growth in recent years but still lacks public support to promote greater inclusion of small producers in the supply chain, and to increase the consumption of fish among the Paraguayan population. Public institutions supporting the supply chain have witnessed a sharp increase in assistance needed by producers, as well as the necessity to improve product quality to raise producer incomes. Furthermore, challenges in product marketing increase the urgency of investment in public-private infrastructure to strengthen marketing, starting with storage facilities, the formalization of producers, and their training for high-quality production and marketing.
Therefore, the investment note proposes significant investments in infrastructure for small producers, capacity-building for the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as in training and commercial infrastructure. It also proposes strengthened communication campaigns related to nutrition and consumption.
The other challenge which is tackled in the investment proposal is the low rate of financial inclusion of small-scale producers (13% of them access credit) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The primary function of credit is to guarantee sufficient, timely, and financially reasonable working capital and investment for producers. Above all, it constitutes an invaluable instrument that facilitates the integration of small producers into more dynamic development processes, as long as they become a constituent part of and interact with other links in the production chain. One of the main challenges in reorganizing and strengthening the financial system for development is to establish a systemic, integrated, and complementary approach to financing, technical assistance, production, and organization, with a clear focus on markets, whether domestic or international.
Paraguayan aquaculture has experienced accelerated growth in recent years but still lacks public support to promote greater inclusion of small producers in the supply chain, and to increase the consumption of fish among the Paraguayan population. Public institutions supporting the supply chain have witnessed a sharp increase in assistance needed by producers, as well as the necessity to improve product quality to raise producer incomes. Furthermore, challenges in product marketing increase the urgency of investment in public-private infrastructure to strengthen marketing, starting with storage facilities, the formalization of producers, and their training for high-quality production and marketing.
Therefore, the investment note proposes significant investments in infrastructure for small producers, capacity-building for the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as in training and commercial infrastructure. It also proposes strengthened communication campaigns related to nutrition and consumption.
The other challenge which is tackled in the investment proposal is the low rate of financial inclusion of small-scale producers (13% of them access credit) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The primary function of credit is to guarantee sufficient, timely, and financially reasonable working capital and investment for producers. Above all, it constitutes an invaluable instrument that facilitates the integration of small producers into more dynamic development processes, as long as they become a constituent part of and interact with other links in the production chain. One of the main challenges in reorganizing and strengthening the financial system for development is to establish a systemic, integrated, and complementary approach to financing, technical assistance, production, and organization, with a clear focus on markets, whether domestic or international.
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Aquaculture
The proposal envisions the construction of a cooperative fish stockpile and storage center, in which a series of facilities and equipment will ensure the proper and efficient handling of aquaculture products, maintaining quality, freshness, and food safety from tank to table. This center aims also at promoting production and business organization among producers, as well as coordinating market promotion politics with all the sector actors: public institutions (wealth and nutrition, market promotion, education, industry…), private companies, retail actors, local municipalities and regions government. This process includes a huge effort in communication as well as detailed market analysis and building local market strategies, linked to the strengthening of quality process (and protein value of fishes) and diversification of fish offer.Furthermore, Paraguay's proposal contemplates strengthening small producers’ productive equipment (aquaculture tanks and pools) located across the departments of Central, Cordillera, Paraguarí, Caaguazú, Alto Paraná, San Pedro; Misiones; and Itapúa.
Finally, the investment case proposes the strengthening of relevant logistical equipment (such as refrigerated transportation systems) and technology for sanity and innocuous production chain, in small and industrial producers, in order to facilitate a private - public structure that guarantees safe process in production, slaughtering, packing and stockpiling.
This investment program is expected to cost USD 31,1 million, at an estimated IRR of 21% and a NPV of USD 32,8 million. It will directly benefit 2,859 families in the targeted regions and indirectly improve the livelihoods of more than 170.000 people.
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Financial Inclusion
The Jepytaso programme is organized around four pillars:The creation of the FIPROMIPYMES Trust Fund, created upon approval of the bill "Creating the Administration Trust for Financial Support to Producers, Independent Professionals, Self-Employed Workers, Micro and Small Enterprises (FIPROMIPYMES)," approved by Congress on June 24, 2025, that aims at financing working capital and/or productive investment
to family farming producers, micro and small entrepreneurs, associations, cooperatives. These may be sole proprietorships, self-employed workers, independent professionals, or legal entities, both formal and non-formalized, preferably from the value chain of the primary production sector and associated services. The law also mentions that the financial inclusion of women and youth, as producers and entrepreneurs interested in providing products and services to the Zero Hunger Program, will be prioritized within the framework of the need to strengthen the value chain (volume, formalization of actors, innovation).
The trust financial products are guaranteed by the public fund FOGAPY.
The objective of strengthening chain values and markets: among them, the implementation of the Zero Hunger School Feeding Program, particularly the value chains of Family Farming and MSMEs within the framework of direct and indirect public procurement; the quality and safety of vegetables and fruits for export (pineapple, banana, and others) and in general, strengthen the marketing of domestically produced food products.
The objective of linking financial credit with technical assistance and market. Thus the technical assistance shall be executed on behalf of market analyse and shall include commercial support formation, in addition to sustainable production practices and technology.
Regarding territorial prioritization, the administrative coverage criteria of the CAH and other partner entities are followed. At the production level, prioritization is applied by growth potential indices (by sector and/or territory) in accordance with the agricultural typology of the Hand in Hand Initiative developed by the MEF and MAG with the technical support of FAO.
FIPROMIPYMES is a public impact fund open to private investors who wish to participate in the country's socioeconomic development by strengthening the healthy food production and marketing system.
The Trust's partners or capital contributors are public or private entities, or national or international cooperating entities that contribute to the Trust, stating via a trust agreement the financial products to which they wish to contribute, as well as the bases to be negotiated for the financial terms of their contribution. As a socioeconomic impact fund, trust agreements are established with each fund
partner, which may vary. These agreements establish a fixed interest rate and an annual return on the capital, proportional to the profitability of the financial products.
The Fipromipymes trust already counts on USD 8,5 million public apport. It aims to develop until at least USD 20 million.
Contact
For more information, please contact the Hand-in-Hand team.