Baring, BlackRock and Focus Investment Banking discuss the appeal of the precision agriculture sector and the limited opportunity in the listed market.
Newly launched Agri Partners is offering debt exposure to UK farmland through private funding syndicates. It has completed its first two deals.
The Eastern Europe-focused fund management firm will not charge a management fee until assets under management reach $5m. The performance fee has also been reduced.
The Sri Lankan government recently announced the establishment of the Global Aquaculture Fund to boost investment into the industry.
The government-funded investor cornerstoned a £6.5m investment into two digesters in Northern Ireland, its fourth investment into this sector.
ADM’s high value acquisition of WILD Flavors, the Swiss-based food flavouring business partly owned by KKR, displays the big opportunities for private equity in agribusiness, according to Paine & Partners' president.
The development finance institution has joined Dutch development bank FMO and GAFSP to invest $15m collectively into Malawi Mangoes.
Chinese dairy producer Huaxia Dairy Farm has received $106m from a consortium of investors in a fundraising round led by GIC and Olympus Capital Asia.
The British dairy producer has announced a partnership and a joint venture deal to develop its product lines.
Gina Rinehart, chairwoman and director of Hancock Prospecting, has acquired a 50 percent stake in two meat processing stations in Western Australia.