Rebecca Akrofie
A recent report on the US pistachio crop by Rabobank has forecast a record harvest of 1 billion pounds over the next five years, despite disruption from the long drought period.
Wheatsheaf Investments, a subsidiary of Grosvenor, the UK family office, has invested $5 million into Enterra Feed, a Canadian animal feed producer.
The European Union is committing €4m to the newly-launched SmartAgri Food accelerator.
The agdata sector attracted investments worth $28m last week, according to online data platform i3.
The private equity industry is taking development issues more seriously when searching for new investments in agriculture and other sectors.
Recent dips in commodity prices have prompted speculative reports about the possible effects on US farmland values and investments. But some investment managers say this focus is too narrow.
Thomas McNerney & Partners and Finistere Ventures participated in an $11m Series C funding for SGB, a California based biofuels company which uses harvested hybrid jatropha beans, shown in featured image .
The Farm Credit Canada spin-out has raised just over half of its C$125m target.
The venture capital firm has led a $7m Series A round of investment in Colorado-based aWhere, a 'big data' company that provides localised climate information to farmers.
Global Environment Fund is approaching investors ahead of launching GEF African Sustainable Forestry Fund II.