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Ultimately, the firm plans to help address the 20 billion pounds of produce that goes to waste each year due to surplus or cosmetic reasons.

Cool Planet's products nurture beneficial microbes in soil to help retain water and keep nutrients in the root zone for a longer period of time.

Intercontinental Potash Corp. operates a mine in New Mexico that produces polyhalite, an organic multi-nutrient fertilizer.

Marcello Tumedei, chief executive officer with Suba, said the partnership will merge Gallatin’s “innovative research and development initiatives in peas and beans with Suba’s European large seed vegetable production platform.

The South African insect-based feed producer has entered into a $10m partnership with Austria’s industrial construction and engineering company to roll out 100 fly farms by 2024.

The pest becomes the latest amid a long list of deterrents and setbacks that could suppress investor demand in the region.

Sirius Minerals claims to have the world's largest polyhalite resource, from which it will make fertiliser to export out of the UK.

The fund has brought on its second institutional investor after MainPERS confirmed an investment in the fund in September.

The improved deal for Monsanto has investors looking out for opportunities through divestments from the companies, which will be needed for the merger to gain approval.

The IFC is stepping up its focus on Myanmar, where 70% of the population generate their main income from farming.