Agra (company)

Agra
legal form	Limited
founding	July 1, 1980 (1946)
Seat	Windhoek , Namibia
management	Arnold Klein (CEO)
Number of employees	> 800 (2017)
sales	1.7 billion Namibian dollars (2019)
Branch	Agriculture ; wholesale
Website	agra.com.na

Agra is an agricultural company in the south-west African state of Namibia . Until January 31, 2013, the company was registered as a cooperative under the name Agra Co-operative . Agra has been a public company since February 1, 2013.

In 2009, Agra had 4,549 members, down from 7,409 in 2008.

history

Agra has its origins in the Farmer's Co-operative Union (FCU), which was founded in 1946. The first seat was Cape Town in South Africa . The main task at that time was the marketing of Karakul . In 1949, the Boeresaamwerk Bpk, also based in South Africa . entry into the Namibian market. In 1975 these two unions merged under the name Boere Koöperatief Beperk (BKB) . On July 1, 1980, the first independent Namibian agricultural cooperative was founded under the name Agra from the BKB.

Conversion into commercial enterprise

Since the beginning of 2010, the transformation into a commercial enterprise has been advanced, which should be completed by July 31, 2010. Agra had thus lost the status of a cooperative. However, due to problems with deletion from the cooperative register, the conversion took a long time.

The conversion was completed on February 1, 2013. Members have been shareholders since then.

Business areas

Agra is divided into different, nationwide operating divisions.

Auctions and livestock
Retail and wholesale (including 18 sales branches for end users across the country, four fuel depots and two wholesale warehouses)
Safari equipment (under the name "Safari Den")
property
Consulting (under the name "Agra ProVision")

Individual evidence

↑ "Generally positive" - Agra wants to change the legal form and has so far received mostly positive feedback, Allgemeine Zeitung, February 11, 2010
^ New registration has been delayed, Allgemeine Zeitung, August 20, 2010
↑ Agra's conversion 'delayed', August 23, 2010 ( Memento of May 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
^ Agra deadline on February 1st. Allgemeine Zeitung, January 28, 2013 Retrieved February 1, 2013

[1] "Generally positive" - Agra wants to change the legal form and has so far received mostly positive feedback, Allgemeine Zeitung, February 11, 2010

[2] New registration has been delayed, Allgemeine Zeitung, August 20, 2010

[3] Agra's conversion 'delayed', August 23, 2010 ( Memento of May 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Agra deadline on February 1st. Allgemeine Zeitung, January 28, 2013 Retrieved February 1, 2013