For agri-focused investment managers, the need to inform the investing community about the opportunity is still as relevant as ever.
Abraaj invested in Yorsan, a Turkish dairy producer, in January. Here, Omar Syed, a managing director, discusses the private equity opportunity in food and agri.
Animal health is an increasingly lucrative sub-sector of the agribusiness investment market.
Marcus Meadows-Smith describes the turnaround of biopesticide company AgraQuest - sold to Bayer CropScience for $425m in 2012- during his time as chief executive.
Conversations in London this week centred on a potential shift in institutional demand and the surprise upwards tick in commodities futures.
The long-standing venture capital firm is eyeing specific opportunities within agtech, says Brook Porter, partner in the Green Growth Fund.
The race is on for attractive agricultural assets in Australia in the wake of the country’s recent free trade agreement with China, according to the investment bank.
Strategic investors are set to play an increasing role in agri investment globally and asset management firms should be open to aligning with them.
New Zealand Superannuation Fund is keen to boost its timber and agri portfolios overseas.
China may not have raised the threshold for land ownership in Australia, but the country has taken big steps towards securing food supply ahead of other emerging markets. In turn this will present big investment opportunities in Australia’s agri infrastructure sector.