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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.
President and chief executive David Gladstone said the farmland REIT hopes to avoid the temporary drag on earnings that can come with a typical offering.
In the first investment from its ag-focused equity vehicle, the Swiss firm has taken a significant stake in Samunnati, a company offering financial intermediation, market linkages and advisory services to India’s smallholders.
Coop Denmark, a Danish retailer owned by its 1.7m members, is helping two environmental organizations raise a fund designed to support local organic production.
The Los Angeles-based firm, thought to be seeking $400m for its debut fund, received a commitment from the Indiana Public Retirement System in June.
University of Illinois Foundation chief investment officer Ellen Ellison tells Agri Investor of hopes donated farmland can constitute part of a 'barbell' ag portfolio complimented by agribusiness investments drawing on the wider institutions’ industry expertise.
Managing partner Rich Gammill tells Agri Investor that, while China's appetite for dairy motivated the firm's 2010 investment in AustAsia, Indonesian demand will be more compelling over the next five years.
The London-based firm has acquired Afriflora after three and half years of KKR ownership, bolstering a portfolio that includes two other horticultural companies.
Speaking in the wake of Gladstone's purchase of a $6m almond orchard, MetLife agri finance boss Barry Bogseth said such cash injections could help mitigate adverse demographic trends in the countryside.
Founder Nick Rohatyn and partner Eva Greger tell Agri Investor how the firm plans to bank on its experience in emerging markets to expand its agricultural and forestry footprint.
Skip Wyer tells Agri Investor that that he joined Vermont Works to develop a $50m fund offering 20 percent annual returns through investments in the state’s entrepreneurs, including many agricultural producers focused on sustainability.
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