Chris Janiec
The Seattle-based global coffee chain is proving $2m to an Inter-American Development Bank program providing loans to female smallholder coffee farmers in the South American nation.
The organizations highlighted their own efforts to enhance returns on private agricultural investments and predict a more prominent role for government-led investments in their outlook through 2026.
The global investment and advisory firm is helping select a sales manager for assets that remain within the listed timber fund after shareholders voted to wind the company down in June.
The investment seeks to capitalize on what the company sees as an 'inflection point' in both commercial and personal use of hydroponic equipment.
The $197bn sovereign wealth fund groups agriculture together with life sciences, technology and three other sectors that its says reflect a rebalancing in favor of long-term opportunities.
The New York-headquartered agribusiness specialists are seeking between $300m and $400m for a vehicle targeting earlier-stage growth equity investments across agribusiness sectors.
The Enhanced Smallholder Protection Programme will look to encourage Zambia’s 61,000 smallholder farmers to transition from subsistence to market-oriented agriculture.
Inputs are likely to be the focus of agricultural investments from the Denver-based firm’s new vehicle.
The $60m vehicle is the third farmland fund from the Iowa-based firm, which is also active in pork and Brazilian ethanol.
Agro Merchants Group says the deal underscores the importance of Poland and Eastern Europe as key markets poised for expansion.