Louisa Burwood-Taylor
This is the council's second investment into an agriculture-related fund this year.
Tropical Farms, a subsidiary company of AIM-listed agriculture investment company Agriterra, wants to raise capital to develop its outgrower scheme.
The lack of investable agriculture investment products was the main reason MySuper funds gave for staying away from the sector in a recent report commissioned by accounting firm BDO.
Blue Sky Strategic Australian Agriculture Fund will invest across agriculture infrastructure, agribusiness private equity and water entitlements offering an IRR of 12%-15%.
RASP, a cold storage technology inspired by fruit and vegetable wastage in India, is seeking funding to build a demonstration unit.
StarAgri Warehousing and Collateral Management, an Indian post-harvest management company, is launching StarAgri Finance to complement its existing services for farmers and agribusinesses.
India's Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) is expecting over 100 applications and will work with six of them alongside local VC firms.
The US’ growing environmental regulatory system is increasing the potential for ecological restoration investment.
Ways to get access to this sub-sector of agri investment are growing as new regulations and methods to conserve natural habitats come into force in the US.
New Mexico Educational Retirement Board's Mark Canavan tells Agri Investor how and why he invested in an ecological restoration fund.