Emerging Markets

Credit Suisse has teamed up with CDC, EMPEA, IFC and WWF to produce a report to help private equity fund managers navigate and invest in the agribusiness sector sustainably.

In Eastern Europe, improving macro agri fundamentals alone aren’t enough to make even a passive investment strategy succeed.

The association's global survey revealed that about 50% of LPs want to build their agribusines exposure in each emerging market region.

Impact First Investments has invested in Catalyst AgTech, an Israeli company developing technology that minimizes the environmental impact of agrochemical products.

Private equity investors in Africa should look at improving farming infrastructure.

Emerging market fund managers can submit proposals to qualify for an OPIC investment fund totaling about $400m.

The South African food and agribusiness private equity fund is targeting $175m overall and expects some repeat investors from its first $100m fund.

Tropical Farms, a subsidiary company of AIM-listed agriculture investment company Agriterra, wants to raise capital to develop its outgrower scheme.

Agriculture experts in both the private and government sectors must be incentivised to help train local Indian farmers to use new technologies, according to Vasanta Madhavi, deputy general manager at Origo Commodities India.

StarAgri Warehousing and Collateral Management, an Indian post-harvest management company, is launching StarAgri Finance to complement its existing services for farmers and agribusinesses.