Volga Baikal AGRO LLC Conquers the Russian Agriculture !!!
Leu-AGRO Group Switzerland entered the Russian market in December 2018 and opened its subsidiary there under the name of Volga Baikal AGRO.
Start of the Project
“One day me and my friend and colleague Martin Leu, Founder and President of Leu AGRO Group Switzerland, met together and spoke about the Russian agriculture. By the end of our conversation we both were firmly convinced that it was high time to create a new start-up in the Russian agriculture,” – recalls Zorigto Sakhanov, famous entrepreneur and manager. “We discussed the prospects for attracting investments, financial models of potential start-up projects.”
Strategy
The strategy of Volga Baikal AGRO includes the creation of advanced agricultural enterprises in the Volga Delta, the Black Earth Region and the Far East Territory of the Transbaikalia Region. The project plans to consolidate up to 300,000 hectares of Arable Landbank for Grain Production. The total amount of investments attracted will exceed 550 million Swiss francs.
As of now, Volga Baikal AGRO effectively combines an organic approach with no-till technology achieving the optimum efficiency and crop yield. Volga Baikal AGRO is one of the most reliable providers of the premium quality grains and intermediate goods for an ever-increasing local and foreign markets.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors and operational team of Volga Baikal AGRO LLC includes well-known international industry managers.
Martin Leu
Founder and CEO of the Leu AGRO Project, Project Owner, CEO & COO.
Martin brought with him 30 years of large-scale farming expertise, including experience in faming under extreme climatic and economic conditions such as in Canada, USA and Russia.
Zorigto Sakhanov
Head Administrative Affairs.
Zorigto has got a relevant experience in agriculture, including executive positions. For many years, he has been being an adviser for many Russian, Japanese, European and American companies.
Sture Gustavsson
Head Agronomist
Sture Gustavsson is an agronomist with over 20 years of experience. He has developed innovative farm practices and technologies which boost crop yields, control pests and weeds. In his work he uses the latest methods and tools for growing crops profitably and sustainably. For many years, he has been being an adviser for many European and Russian agricultural companies.
Actual State and Plans
Today Volga Baikal AGRO is in the Development Phase of multiply Agriculture Projects in the Volga Delta, the Black Earth Region and the Far East Territory of the Transbaikalia Region.