Louisa Burwood-Taylor
First Guardian Agriculture will raise $200m initially and already has up to A$100m in cornerstone commitments.
A Canadian investor is still in due diligence although investors from Europe and the US stopped the process earlier this year.
The Australasian timber manager has acquired a blue gum plantation and is aiming to complete deployment within the next 18 months.
The European Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Hungary after new legislation restricted the rights of foreign investors to use agricultural land.
The US private equity firms filed a private equity fund offering with the SEC last week.
Australian investment manager First Guardian Group has opened an office in Beijing which will focus on agriculture.
The private sector will be important in implementing the principles, according to FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
Carana Corporation's subsidiary is raising $1.2m in Series A-1 funding to establish horticulture and fish farms.
Direct investing versus fund investing was a topic of debate during the LP panel at the recent Private Equity in Emerging Markets conference in London.
UK farmland values have risen 12 percent since the start of the year.