Nora Zhou

Investors need to think about re-balancing their portfolios away from companies whose supply chains are highly dependent on groundwater use, argues one of the report's authors, Brooke Barton.

The Canadian biotech company is raising $15m in Series B funding to accelerate its second bio-stimulator product for agricultural production.

MetLife Timberland Finance Group is hiring a new timberland field representative to oversee business development and accounts for MetLife’s timberland loans business in the southern US and Brazil.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signed a trade agreement worth $27bn with Brazil, including planned co-operation in the agriculture sector, on Tuesday.

Food and agriculture accounts for just 5 percent of the $60bn total of impact assets under management, according to a survey conducted by JPMorgan and Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

The Ghanaian government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development have supplied $46.6m in funding to finance the Ghana Agriculture Sector Investment Program.

Google Ventures led the $15m Series B round into Farmer Business Network, which was founded by an ex-Google employee. Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers joined the round.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service will make $21 million available in Farm Bill dollars to help farmers and ranchers apply science-based solutions to mitigate the effects of drought.

The venture capital arm of the Japanese electronics firm has invested into Plant Life Systems, a sensor and control systems company, to improve agri productivity in Asia.

The venture capital-backed agricultural biotechnology company priced its IPO at $8 a share, below its $13- $15 a share price range. It started trading on the Nasdaq on Friday.