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Baring, BlackRock and Focus Investment Banking discuss the appeal of the precision agriculture sector and the limited opportunity in the listed market.

The creation of a Rs 100 crore ($16.6m; €12m) agtech investment fund does not go far enough to support the sector but alongside other agri initiatives is a step in the right direction, according to private equity professionals.

The UK-based estate agent is expanding its international farmland advisory and surveying business by recruiting two new members of staff to the International Farmland team.

The Eastern Europe-focused fund management firm will not charge a management fee until assets under management reach $5m. The performance fee has also been reduced.

To build its first large-scale biosolids-to-fertliser facility, VitAg issued tax-exempt bonds and equity to a range of institutional, private equity and strategic investors including a TPG affiliate.

The fund management firm has added a real assets fund of funds to its listed equity offering in response to demand from existing clients and has hired real assets manager Capital Innovations as sub-advisor.

Caribbean Sustainable Agriculture is targeting a $10m close by the end of July in an offering that promises investors to return 8% after four years.

Macro economic challenges have pushed aspiring dairy businesses to use M&A as a means of achieving their expansion goals, according to a recent report by Rabobank.

Interest in forestry investing has grown over the past five years, according to a range of forestry companies and consultants, although investor attention remains temperate.

The final close surpassed the African investment management firm's original target of $500m after the fund attracted demand from 40 investors.