Creating wealth: The Afgri example.

Executive summary
This article focuses on shareholder wealth creating in companies. This is a very broad focus and is therefore reduced to several key terms with the example of Afgri in an agricultural environment. The business community is more and more focussing on profits. This tendency is been highlighted by Afgri’s profits and growing share prices in contrast with Senwes where shareholders are irritable about their company. The King Report on corporate governance has highlighted several aspects in this regard and is it also covered in this article.
This view has opened the debate about shareholder wealth creation and ownership in agri-businesses. The purpose of this article is to set a benchmark for the use of agri-businesses to stay current in an ever changing and highly competitive environment.

0TK (Afgri) was established in 1923 as an agricultural co-op and converted into a public company in 1996. With a strong balance sheet and large cash reserves Afgri was a sure tar...