Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Phoenix Africa’s Sierra Leone rice farming project started operations in October and is now raising $1.1m to expand and buy more infrastructure.
The investment strategy is well suited to the super fund industry that largely lacks experience and knowledge of farmland investing, according to Tim Altschwager, national director of transaction services rural & agribusiness at Colliers International, the real estate services company.
Root Capital, an agri impact fund, reached $100m in active loans last week as Agriterra, the Dutch agri-agency, is getting increasing interest in its projects from private capital investors.
The US timberland fund management firm is fundraising two funds: Timbervest Targeted Opportunities Fund and Timbervest Crossover Partners IV.
The USAID initiative will launch a new competition for innovators with tech solutions that address the challenge of limited water for food production in developing countries.
The French fruit producer, exporter and distributor has attracted investment from subsidiaries of Société Générale and Crédit Agricole and food and agri investment firm Unigrains.
The food and agribusiness private equity fund has bought a significant stake in Grano Alimentos.
The Australian government has lowered the threshold for foreign investments subject to review and will create a transparent land registry.
Buy-and-lease is picking up pace as an investment strategy in Australia. Should the market be looking to the US for precedents?
The China Agriculture Industry Development Fund has invested Rmb400 million into Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group.