The corporation will supply small- and large-scale loans of up to $5m, for projects including more efficient irrigation, waste-to-energy plants and solar installations.
Arlon Group acquired The Coastal Companies, a distributor and processor of fresh produce and dairy products in the mid-Atlantic region of the US with its $335m North America fund.
With the help from IFC, the Singapore subsidiary of New Hope plans to create more than 1,500 new jobs in ten countries in South and South-East Asia.
This is Compass Diversified's third acquisition in the past 11 months and the first acquisition made in agribusiness.
ADFD has issued a $50m loan to the Government of Montenegro to support agricultural development in the country.
Over 200 companies within the Grow Africa Partnership committed $10bn in investment to agriculture in 12 African countries in 2014, representing a 40% increase on 2013 commitment levels.
IFC invested $3.8m into Nepalese poultry feed producer Probiotech Industries alongside the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.
The USDA and Farm Credit System-backed PE fund has invested $5m into Hortau, a California-based precision irrigation company.
Bayer CropScience partnered with the Australia-based Grains Research & Development Corp to develop innovative weed management solutions.
Social impact investor AgDevCo has established the Lending for African Farming Company with the German development bank and debt provider Root Capital to provide sub-Saharan African farming enterprises with reliable access to finance.
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