Guest Writer
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.
Stafford Capital Partners closed its $484m timberland fund of funds at the end of May. Partner Thomas Goodrich talks about the maturation of timberland as an asset class and why inefficiences in the sector make secondaries a good opportunity.
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, has €6 billion to allocate and is looking for opportunities in food and agriculture, according to Cathal Fitzgerald, head of food and agriculture investments at ISIF.
There is huge demand for agriculture investments in the Middle East region, but the $1.2tn Islamic finance markets need more suitable products in the sector, according to Saif Shawqi, assistant business developer at Shariyah Review Bureau.
Last week’s Editor Letter highlighted some important features of Romania’s agriculture investment market but failed to demonstrate the country’s real potential, argues Carl Atkin, director at Terravost Limited.
Agriculture experts in both the private and government sectors must be incentivised to help train local Indian farmers to use new technologies, according to Vasanta Madhavi, deputy general manager at Origo Commodities India.
Paraguay's reputation as an investment destination has suffered in recent years but its openness to foreign investment and incentives on offer are making it increasingly appealing to investors, argues Lennart Stahr of Southern Connections Agro Consulting and Management.
Lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright look at moves to adjust Dodd-Frank regulations on derivatives trading to make life easier for commercial companies.
As part of the International Day of Forests on Friday, Kate Evans from the Centre for International Forestry Research discusses the importance of forests in sustainable development in the tropics.
The longer-term impact of low oil prices on the agriculture sector remains the subject of much speculation, writes Andrew Wood, senior associate at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.