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The impact fund is aimed at promoting sustainably-sourced food and smallholder farming communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Food & agriculture was one of the top 10 industry sectors attracting Chinese overseas M&A investment in 2014, according to a recent report from KPMG. This is the first time it’s reached the top 10.

The pension fund has hired Paul Mouchakkaa from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing to lead its $29.bn real assets portfolio.

Peak Soil Indexes has launched the monthly Peak Soil Iowa Farmland Value Index, replacing its previous quarterly offering.

Inocucor Technologies, a company that produces yeasts and bacteria to improve the productivity of soil, seeds and plants, attracted venture capital investment to the round.

The private equity arm of Cargill has closed two funds: Black River Agriculture Fund 2 on $587m and Black River Food Fund 2 on $700m.

The foundation, established by the global payments giant, has launched a challenge fund to enable better access to finance among smallholder farmers.

Domaine Chanzy is raising £1.9m and will list the IPO on Seedrs, the UK fundraising platform, in a first for the industry.

Dutch pension fund PGGM has committed between €50 million and €100 million to Black River Food Fund 2, a private equity fund managed by the private equity subsidiary of US agribusiness Cargill.

Private equity firm One Thousand & One Voices has invested into RedSun Dried Fruit & Nuts through Africa Fund I.