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The Sri Lankan government recently announced the establishment of the Global Aquaculture Fund to boost investment into the industry.
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 development finance institution has joined Dutch development bank FMO and GAFSP to invest $15m collectively into Malawi Mangoes.
The final close surpassed the African investment management firm's original target of $500m after the fund attracted demand from 40 investors.
Chinese dairy producer Huaxia Dairy Farm has received $106m from a consortium of investors in a fundraising round led by GIC and Olympus Capital Asia.
Modern Meadow, a company that uses bioengineering methods to grow meat and leather products in labs, has closed its Series A fundraising round.
The Chinese milk producer based in Inner Mongolia has announced plans to float on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Kazakh agribusinesses signed a number of deals, said to have an average value of $300m, with foreign investment partners at KazAgro's three-day event.
The agencies hope that providing such insurance facilities will encourage private equity investment into emerging agriculture markets such as Africa.