Matthieu Favas
The UN-backed Land Degradation Neutrality Fund was officially launched this week at the COP13 in China. As the vehicle progresses toward a first close, we speak to its manager to find out more about return expectations, fee structure and prospective LPs.
Smart, less risk averse and focused on the long term, family offices have what it takes to help build agriculture into a mainstream asset class. But for it to happen, the circle needs to widen.
Sovereign funds and asset managers represented a growing share of the 702 investors that committed to early-stage start-ups in the sector in H1 2017, according to AgFunder.
The EU’s farmland sector has grown more concentrated in recent years. But only parts of the continent seem to have followed this trend, with emerging Eastern European powers challenging their Western peers, our interactive map shows.
The firm is set to complete two deals ‘in the short term’ as it progresses towards a $500m final close in March or April next year.
Irrigation experienced a boom Down Under until the 1990s, then started to plateau. As one of the country’s largest irrigated farms goes up for sale, we look at the sector’s financial performance over the past decade.
By making agriculture ventures more productive, the rise of autonomous mobility promises to open up the market in counter-intuitive ways.
Funds reaching the end of their lives will bring assets to market amid LP appetite for long-term ownership, New Forests argues in its latest market update.
For all the hype about driverless cars, agriculture is the sector where autonomous mobility will first make its mark, fresh research suggests.
The French agri-business stalwart has backed a Spanish coconut water business through a vehicle managed by MCH.