Nathan Williams
Obvious Ventures, the VC firm set up by Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, is understood to be the investor.
Companies in the sector have been backed by 280 investors in the first six months of this year, surpassing the total for 2014.
Remi Claro has been appointed to head the Australian sandalwood producer.
The new programme will see the EU increase the proportion of funding it will contribute to agri initiatives alongside private company investment.
The financing package for Astarta, one of the country's biggest agri producers, comprises a $15m loan from IFC and $20m from private investors.
The REIT could boost returns by more than 13 percent by charging the wind farm developer contracted by the internet giant $2,600 per acre, a significant premium on the current $275 per acre.
The impact investor has invested $375,000 in Gee's Fresh Point, a slaughterer, processor and marketer of frozen speciality meat based in northern Ghana.
The country's milk production could drop at rates not seen since the late 1990s as it struggles with weak pricing, according to a report from the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ).
The New Zealand dairy fund manager's second fund, launched just five months after the closure of its first fund, has a target of $300m with a hard-cap of $500m.
India's rice exports could fall by as much as 50% within five years, while the branded rice market could reach $3.5bn and spur private equity investment in the sector, says a Rabobank report.