In a context of increasing complexity of the agricultural sector, IDF Corporate is becoming more and more a privileged partner of the 21st century farmer in its consulting speciality.

In order to carry out its diagnostic and advisory missions, IDF Corporate provides its clients with engineers and experts who have a perfect command of crop and animal production techniques, as well as rural law, environmental standards, agricultural taxation, the rules of the common agricultural policy and IT.

Our expertise is characterised by two main tasks, namely :

• Participate in the implementation of sustainable development policies (development of agricultural land, forests, fishing areas);
• Work towards agro-industrial development, through optimal management of spaces, resources and natural environments. But also by developing and equipping territories and protecting them against natural risks.

As a result, we guarantee the quality and safety of the food chain.

Thanks to our experience, we are able to manage a farm, but also to implement all the professional services dedicated to the whole of the agropastoral and halieutic chain (bank, studies, advice).

IDF Corporate carries out feasibility studies, business plans, audits and training in the agricultural, livestock and fisheries sectors.

Thanks to our expertise, we ensure the planning and creation of farms and plantations, management and organisational support, technical and financial audits, including capacity building of staff from the agropastoral and fisheries sectors respectively.

Our missions are based on 3 main areas of activity: operations management, consultancy and engineering.

Farm management

It is more specifically the management of agricultural, fisheries and livestock estates as well as agri-food industries through technical and financial management, organisation and restructuring.

It consists of the following points :

• Analysis of production conditions: soil, topography, water, climate and economic environment;
• Assistance in the selection of varieties, herbicides, fertilisers;
• Water management solutions (irrigation and drainage), cultivation techniques;
• Support for the purchase of agricultural equipment (selection and negotiation of best prices);
• Second hand equipment revised and new;
• Livestock: ranch management, pasture management, feeding, animal health, slaughtering;
• Support and assistance in farm management (organisation, cultivation operations, human resources management, logistical support, financial management);
• Training and management advice for technical monitoring of equipment, machinery and materials; technical assistance for garage management and maintenance planning;
• Assistance in improving production costs and maximising profits;
• Solutions for rationalising vehicle use and reducing fuel consumption;
• Comprehensive feasibility studies, business plans and marketing analysis/studies.

Consultancy

Mainly focused on feasibility studies, technical assistance, turnkey projects, agronomic and environmental studies.

• Our services are mainly aimed at private and institutional clients and international donors;
• Our interventions consist in providing technical and environmental and social impact studies, feasibility studies, engineering studies, formulations and evaluations of projects according to the specifications defined by our clients;
• Our objective is to provide our clients with decision support in the development process of their projects/businesses, skills in the search for adapted solutions.

Engineering

IDF Corporate carries out basic and detailed engineering studies, site plans, civil engineering, electricity, water supply, expenditure tracking systems and participates in engineering projects.  Below we present the major steps, namely :

• Basic engineering studies consisting of:
• preliminary design and implementation studies (general energy diagrams, fluid circulation, carrying out any soil and resistance studies, etc.);
• definition and sizing of the equipment required for the proper operation of the installation
• identification and characterisation of effluents and control and safety devices;
• creation of the basic engineering plan to move on to the second stage.
• Detailed pre-studies which include:
• mechanical specifications of the equipment;
• energy and fluid usage calculations, refinement of fluid flow plans
  preparation of tenders for the equipment;
• Detailed site plans;
• initial civil engineering drawings including electrical, piping, and mechanical.

It is at this stage that the specifications are available for the procurement of the bulk of the equipment and materials.

• Detailed studies which consist of :
• placing material orders, drawing up contracts, negotiating, etc;
• prepare the fluid flow plans so that the construction can be done;
• prepare detailed plans for civil engineering, electricity, piping,...;
• integrate the plans of the material suppliers;
• carry out planning and set up a monitoring system, particularly for expenditure;
• prepare for the implementation of the site.

• Good experience of managing farms of several thousand hectares;
  Experience of working in difficult conditions;
• Use of good practices with a good balance between efficiency and price, while taking into consideration the preservation of natural resources;
• Independence from suppliers in order to provide objective advice to customers;
• Good knowledge of processing and preservation techniques;
• Use of renewable energy