Logistics infrastructure in much of China remains quite primitive.
At present, poor logistics infrastructure presents a big bottleneck for agribusiness growth, particularly in Brazil.
The obstacles would be tremendous in terms of logistics, infrastructure and politics (what would Aung San Suu Kyi say?).
To allow for larger import volumes, storage and logistics infrastructure in China will also need to be improved.
"For these firms to better tap into the potential of regional and domestic markets, they need the right transport and logistics infrastructure to reduce trade costs".
The company is now of a meaningful size with sales forecast at over £1.1bn in 2015, relatively strong cashflow and a state-of-the-art logistics infrastructure.
When former Walmart CEO Lee Scott traveled to see the aftermath of Katrina, his experience led directly to Walmart mobilizing its tremendous logistics infrastructure to aid disaster victims.
He described how Amazon.com could not have launched as a 10-person company without the logistics infrastructure of delivery services like USPS and FedEx, or credit card payment systems of the phone network that was repurposed for the internet.
"In its current mould, these are events for developed countries due to the logistics, infrastructure and the luxury of the installations, particularly for sports that only exist in rich countries," he says.
In the future, I hope that the transport and logistics infrastructure will be in place so that Nigerian farmers can accept an order and easily ship perishable produce quickly across the border to a customer based in Niger or Chad – and all managed from their phone – enabling them to grow their businesses and become wealth generators.
