Private Equity

The agri-specialist PE firm will also reveal its first two investments within the next six months.

The $30m joint venture with Naturisa will invest in an Ecuadorian shrimp feed facility.

Hemendra Mathur, a managing director at Small Enterprise Assistance Funds’ India Investment Advisors, highlights the three fundamentals investors into food services businesses in the country must bear in mind.

Agri-Vie’s Avril Stassen about agri opportunities across the value chain in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Silicon Valley-based private equity and real estate firm – whose assets include more than 7,000 acres of California almond orchards – is raising its fourth agriculture-focused fund.

Two start-ups will receive $50,000 each at the end of the programme, which counts Omnivore Partners, Rural Agri Ventures and Aspada Investments as strategic and financial partners.

The UN body's report suggests $267bn of extra investment a year is necessary to lift an estimated 800 million out of poverty.

Private equity firm Hosen Capital reportedly now plans to raise $400m for its latest agri fund, said to be anchored by Chinese agribusiness conglomerate New Hope Group.

The most recent ABARES farm survey report paints an improved picture for broadacre farms with farm cash incomes continuing to exceed long-term averages, writes Jackie White, director, agribusiness advisory at Deloitte.

The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund's annual report revealed agriculture was among its top three sectors for investment in fiscal year 2015.