Louisa Burwood-Taylor

The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board has reacted to the Saskatchewan government's ban on purchases by institutional investors during a review of the province's farmland ownership regulations.

The fundraise comes shortly after Helios Investment Partners and Development Partners International also successfully raised capital for Africa.

Private equity firms such as KKR and Abraaj Capital have made their first forays into Africa through food and agri companies. Here Matthew Goodburn, editor of Private Equity International, considers the continent's private equity potential.

Southern Pastures, the New Zealand dairy fund, has closed on $300 million after getting commitments from 100% institutional investors.

The agriculture sector is in the middle of a quiet transformation and the private sector should be at its helm, argues Chuck Magro, CEO of fertiliser company Agrium, in the wake of a UN meeting to create a new set of Sustainable Development Goals.

Knowing sustainability is a topic of great interest to many readers, I caught up with New Forests’ chief executive David Brand to hear about the firm's latest report and why he thinks its publication is important for the wider industry.

Australian sheep meat and cereals investment manager Growth Farms has held a first close of its first fund on A$35 million.

Global Environment Facility, a partnership for international cooperation in environmental issues, has also issued a grant worth $2.71m to the country’s Forestry Development Project.

The $120m Indian private equity fund has invested in Sustainable Agro-commercial Finance, a rare agriculture-focused Non-Banking Financial Company, in its fourth investment so far.

Happy Birthday to us! Tuesday marked Agri Investor’s one-year anniversary. And what a year it has been.