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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.

The DFI recently established a Mediterranean and North African focus and is set to approve four new deals in the coming weeks.

The Swedish pension fund is pursuing a more direct co-investment route for its timber exposure, having spent the past 10 years investing predominantly via third-party funds.

The New Zealand dairy fund manager is expecting to close on just over NZ$200m, concluding four years of fundraising.

The private equity firm is again backing agribusiness in China with a view to improving food safety, having purchased a stake in Fujian Sunner, a vertically integrated chicken meat producer.