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The Nature Conservancy managing director Charlotte Kaiser said the body could work with RRG in several ways to achieve a conservation outcome.

Big Idea Ventures' portfolio companies have also fared well on the fundraising trail, as the firm plots a successor $250m vehicle to its debut $50m fund.

Business lobby group Agribusiness Australia found the sector’s governance needs to improve to attract more investment, among other changes required.

The private equity firm has made the investment through its $1.3bn Global Impact Fund, which closed in February 2020.

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists helped the pharmaceutical industry develop faster and cheaper drug discovery methods – a similar change is occurring in crop protection discovery, said managing partner Adam Anders.

Australian farmland's annualized income return of 9.26% outperformed a capital return of 5.21% to help prop up total annualized income, reinforcing the asset's resiliency credentials.

Kevin Helash says he expects consolidation among biologicals producers to gather pace in the next 12-24 months, as investors focus on strengthening the sub-sector’s early leaders.

As the pandemic heightens food security anxieties – and just-in-time supply chains suffer – we catch up with Fiera Comox’s Matthew Corbett and Boston Consulting Group’s Benjamin Subei to discuss how the outbreak will impact the asset class’s growth trajectory.

Income returns strengthened significantly despite the fall in capital returns, due to strong export demand for Australian products.

HKW vice-president Tom Shaw says the competitive acquisition process for Mike and Mike's is just one indication that 'institutional investors are highly interested in' the produce distribution market.