The bank's private equity arm recently invested $35m into a Middle Eastern chicken producer.
Investing alongside two co-investors, the Australia and New Zealand forestry investment manager has created a new business called Forico to manage the 175,000 hectares of forestry plantations.
The US pension fund approved the commitment to the US-based ACM Permanent Crops fund, at its latest board meeting
The World Bank and the Global Environment Facility have invested $508m in the Philippines Rural Development Fund.
The US private equity firm has sold its remaining stake in the Chinese dairy company, raising about $80 million on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
The Swedish pension fund is pursuing a more direct co-investment route for its timber exposure, having spent the past 10 years investing predominantly via third-party funds.
The Swedish pension provider wants to increase its allocation to non-listed real estate, of which agri and timber are a part, to 15% over the long term.
The private equity firm is again backing agribusiness in China with a view to improving food safety, having purchased a stake in Fujian Sunner, a vertically integrated chicken meat producer.
Zambia’s biofuels industry is gathering momentum as the country’s stability, access to resources and alternative fuel demand makes it an attractive investment destination, according to a local banker.
Asia Plantation Capital may list its investment management business and its own forestry assets but some $500m of third-party AUM would remain private.