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The private equity industry is taking development issues more seriously when searching for new investments in agriculture and other sectors.

Thomas McNerney & Partners and Finistere Ventures participated in an $11m Series C funding for SGB, a California based biofuels company which uses harvested hybrid jatropha beans, shown in featured image .

The Farm Credit Canada spin-out has raised just over half of its C$125m target.

The venture capital firm has led a $7m Series A round of investment in Colorado-based aWhere, a 'big data' company that provides localised climate information to farmers.

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 World Bank and the Global Environment Facility have invested $508m in the Philippines Rural Development Fund.

The German airline is currently talking to three investment firms about taking on a GP role for the fund, which will invest into farmland and basic processing.

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 Danish pension fund has invested $53m into local farms and hopes to invest the same amount again before the end of the year.

The listed US farmland real estate investment trust issued $21 million in debt last week to fund the further expansion of its portfolio.