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Matthieu Favas

Matthieu Favas is the editor of Agri Investor. He was previously the web editor of Infrastructure Investor, where he started in 2013 after a year as a reporter at Private Equity International. Prior to joining PEI he spent four years in the wine industry in London, Spain and Mongolia.
With a boom in almond orchards contributing to depleting the state’s aquifers, investors should be aware that ‘the party is going to be contained,’ an insider tells us.
Small-caps are the only segment to post gains in Q1, with US agribusiness stocks underperforming their European peers.
The Cibus vehicle, which has a $500m fundraising target, has deployed nearly $70m after backing Israel-based Rootility.
Investors continue to rely on traditional metrics when trying to price timberland acquisitions. That’s a mistake, and it will have consequences.
In an interview with ForestEdge’s Robert Hagler, we explore various paths to getting more accurate discount rates – and attempt to predict where rates are likely to go in the near future.
The financing will go towards boosting technology, adding greenhouses and tightening governance at Spayka, which is looking to sell 20,000 tons of produce a year.
In 2016, Aaron Beydoun launched a greenfield project in South America. A year later, the venture had already folded. In this podcast, the ag expert tells us what caused it to collapse – and what he would change if he had to do it again.
Gresham House has raised £15m and bought real assets manager FIM, more than trebling its forestry AUM.
California’s nut orchards have been recovering from a cold snap. But patient investors that keep their cool can still double their money in a matter of years.
There have been significant changes in the rankings of the largest owners and managers of North American forests in recent months... and more are likely in store.
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