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Chris Janiec

Chris Janiec is Americas Editor at Agri Investor. Based in New York, Janiec coordinates coverage of private investment into global food and agriculture with colleagues in London. Previously, Janiec covered non-bank capital markets for PEI’s Private Debt Investor, taught international relations and US foreign policy at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and worked as an analyst of petroleum and shipping markets in New York.
Head of the non-profit financial think tank’s food and land use program Peter Elwin says investors should preserve future earnings by taking action to stop deforestation.
Chief executive Duane Cantrell says strategic input and product testing feedback from LPs helped shape the fund's focus on upstream agtech.
Carl Evers says increased water trading amid this year’s drought in California reflects the key role of sustainability in driving ag returns.
Rapid execution of investments designed to enhance Abu Dhabi’s food chain resiliency reflects evolution in a public-private partnership model that bodes well for ag-focused private capital.
Desert Farm near Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Executive director Gil Adotevi describes how ADQ is supporting production of crops in Abu Dhabi and the role it is carving out in global supply chains.
The $33bn pension will seek to add permanent crops to a $900m UBS-managed portfolio that includes assets previously managed by Hancock Natural Resource Group.
Investment director Angela Du says covid-19 added urgency to the need to build supply chains for alternative proteins and cultured meat.
Carbon, emissions, farm, cattle, methane
Myriad concerns mean ‘uncomfortable’ players are offering carbon markets while harboring doubts because they don’t want to lose ground to competitors or miss out on business.
Jonathan Sanderman, an associate soil scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund, says expectations agricultural soils will gain carbon and provide income to farmers are too high.
appointment
Chris Lipton joins GreenWood Resources as head of timberland investments after stints with Hancock and BTG Pactual.
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