Dairy

Together with other DFIs, the World Bank affiliate will provide training to farmers in the east African nations as part of an effort to strengthen connections with local and international produce markets.

The food and agri private equity firm has acquired a minority stake in Betânia.

The Eastern Europe-focused investor has exited Covalact after the deal with French dairy group Lactalis was approved by Romania's competition council.

The transaction marks the first exit for the firm’s Agri-Vie Fund I, which invested $4 million in the South African company in 2009.

South Dakota-based Novita Nutrition has begun commercial level production of NovaMeal and NovaOil, its animal nutrition products derived from a corn ethanol-production byproduct.

Harvard’s exit from its New Zealand dairy investments comes amidst personnel changes and a refinement of its approach to natural resources.

The investment in the jointly owned Ghana-based dairy company will be used to expand factory production

The investment from the Swiss fund will be spread across Stafford International Timberland Fund VIII, co-investments and its first ag separate account.

Neil Woods, portfolio manager for timber & agri at NZ Super – a significant investor in New Zealand’s agricultural sector – talks about the fund’s plans to diversify by investing outside New Zealand and beyond dairy.

The commitment to the food start-up fund marks the third investment made by Danone's newly-established venture capital unit.