The ABARES annual conference was abuzz with talk of better trade relations and water markets trading, but don’t mention EU-style farm subsidies to Australian policy makers.
With more than 25% of total capital invested in European tech companies going to the carbon and energy sector, sustainability-focused start-ups have attracted tech workers from other parts of the world.
Asset manager Gresham House has launched a $380m fund that will create habitat banks that generate biodiversity net gain units, which will be sold to real estate developers.
Annual fundraising for 2023 has slotted into the 8.2bn five-year average as 2022 emerges as the market’s major slump-year since 2018.
Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations started in December 2023 and membership would improve conditions for institutional investment, but those prospects must first surmount opposition from farmers already in the bloc.
The third acquisition for the Roc Agri+ Infrastructure Fund is also Roc Partners’ first agricultural investment in New Zealand.
Inside: Farming for the future: regenerative agriculture is taking root; Onshore fishing fails to take off with investors; Expert comment from Vayda, Manulife and Nuveen; Plus much more...
Practices based on working with nature are gaining momentum, but regenerative agriculture still has some teething troubles.
There is an urgent need to safeguard the biodiversity of our oceans by switching to onshore fishing, but capital has not been deployed at scale.
Cost pressures have given artificial intelligence an open door to transform agriculture forever.