Kalliope Gourntis
Kaingaroa Timberlands, NZ Super's largest single asset, helped it achieve a double-digit return in 2016-17. Does that mean the sovereign fund is in an acquisitive mood again?
The bank will decide by November whether to commit to the private equity vehicle, which has the same target as its predecessor but a higher hard-cap.
The organization reckons the issue is an increasingly serious threat to public health and food production.
The US's largest farmland REIT will draw from the $144m it collected in August to buy the assets from a Temasek-owned agribusiness.
Nigeria's government says it is looking at similar arrangements with other institutions to help prop up the country's farmers.
The debt investment by the UK fund will enable Kapani, a Malawian meat processor, to expand its poultry operations fivefold.
The two firms have teamed up with Viking Global to create a company that will focus on nitrogen fixation, a process that enables plants to fulfill their nutrient needs without fertilizer.
One of Australia’s largest irrigated and dryland cropping operations has attracted interest from domestic and international investors.
The deal, completed just three months since the company raised €45m, will enable the Dutch firm to expand by adding mealworms, crickets and locusts to its portfolio.
Below average rainfall and frost have led to dramatic cuts to wheat, barley, canola and chickpea production forecasts.