Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Recently falling food prices are not here to stay, according to Jane Harrigan, Professor of Economics at SOAS. But food-importing countries should be careful with their food security strategies.
Lack of infrastructure is a major concern for the fisheries sector across Africa, according to Torsten Böhler, managing director, Abacus Emerging Markets.
Some asset management firms are focusing purely on family office capital to fund agri investment projects.
Select Harvests wants expressions of interest from long-term investors to enter into a sale-and-leaseback arrangement on over 5,000 acres of underdeveloped orchards.
The alternatives fund management firm has hired Koome Imathiu to invest across agri-related logistics and bio-energy as well as other renewable energy and resource efficiency assets.
The fund of funds house was awarded mandates by two European institutions and hopes to have $250m in agri-dedicated AUM by end of 2015.
Flow Kana, the Californian service promoting organic cannabis production, is raising capital for technology improvements.
The listed Australian farmland REIT has entered into a 22-year lease with Olam Orchards, on land it is converting from grazing and cotton.
Agriculture technology companies raised the capital across 264 deals and with 271 unique investors, according to a new report from AgFunder, the fundraising platform.
Cannabis and vertical integration plays are among the topics we expect to debate over drinks in NYC.