Binyamin Ali
One of the medium to long-term impacts of the coronavirus could be to encourage more states to bring their food supply chains closer to home.
Insectta has developed technology that can extract chitosan from insect waste, an antimicrobial ingredient used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
The UN arm that tackles rural poverty and hunger amended its 42-year-old founding document in February 2019 so it can invest in private vehicles to enhance its scale and impact.
Homestead Capital Farmland Fund III had raised just over $400m by the end of 2019 and has a $600m target – the buy-and-lease strategy is expected to reach final close in June 2020.
Placement agent First Point Equity is working with a US-based GP that is raising a private credit fund for farms with liquidity constraints caused by the pandemic.
Distressed debt and special sits, food production, healthcare and certain VC strategies have received growing attention as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
With a further $14bn injection into the USDA expected to land in July, the intervention suggests trouble runs deep – the reality is a little more complicated.
Melville takes responsibility for a portfolio of industry-leading brands and will help shape the company’s editorial vision.
The Domain Capital Group subsidiary company has pursued a short-term buy-and-sell timberland strategy since it was founded in 2017.
Agriculture and bioeconomy loan program intended to part-fund corporate projects worth €15m to €200m could provide working capital loans.