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Mike Ritter, chief executive at private equity-backed US agri-drone sensor and analytics developer SlantRange, explains why investors should focus on drone technology specifically created for the sector.
As agricultural investment in emerging markets grows, Mark Eckstein, environment and social director at development finance institution CDC, explains why it is vital to plan around ESG issues and how investors should go about it.
Howard Halderman, whose institutional clients include the New Mexico Education Retirement Board, argues that lower prices make now a good time to invest in the US farmland space.
AgTech Accelerator chief executive John Dombrosky (pictured) argues a funding gap, new models bringing together university research with venture capital, and real demand for agtech, mean now is a great moment to enter the space as an investor.
Harn Soper, the founder of Sustainable Farm Partners, first saw the advantages of organic production when he converted his family farm. Here, he walks us through the cost advantages – and some of the risks – of converting to organic.
Juraj Neuwirth, an associate at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, tells Agri Investor why Africa is more suited to smaller, specialised investments, and why better regulation is to come.
‘Biologicals’, products based on the microbiome of a plant, are faster and cheaper to produce than pesticides. NewLeaf Symbiotics chief executive Tom Laurita says that this fast-moving area offers ample opportunity, but still has high risks.
Alan Briefel, executive director of the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return Initiative, makes the financial case for animal welfare in factory farming.
Many corporate and institutional investments into Australian agriculture have not performed well compared to the returns achieved by the family farm, argues David Cornish, principal at Cornish Consultancy, an independent advisory firm. Here, he offers investors some answers.
All signs are pointing towards a consolidation of the food and agribusiness sector in India, according to Hemendra Mathur, managing director at a private equity firm focusing on investment into SMEs.