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Samantha Wai, associate at Innovation Endeavors, explains the thinking behind Farm2050, the agtech funder and support initiative.

The DFI is building a dedicated team to focus on food and agri investments as part of a plan to increase its exposure to the sector across Asia.

The Harvest Fund will invest into listed securities in the food and alcohol industry.

Barnaby Joyce, the agriculture minister of Australia, talks about the Agricultural Competitiveness Taskforce's aim to boost the sector's productivity and profitability.

UB Nordic Forest Management, the forestry management arm of the investment bank, is close to fully deploying Fund I with its latest acquisition.

The Church Commissioners for England has acquired a £49m UK forestry portfolio. This takes its timber allocation above target.

Freight Farms, which makes mobile crop production facilities, raised the funding in a round led by venture capital firm Spark Capital.

The state's education sector trust will issue an RFP for alternative ownership in the second half of next year after a $3m loss on the forestland in 2013.

The Illinois State Board of Investment is terminating its only investment mandate in the asset class with no plans to make new agri-related investments.

Resource Management Services, the US-based institutional fund manager, will raise the capital across two funds; one targeting international markets and another targeting the US forestry market.