The World Bank’s private sector arm will provide equity and debt as a part of an effort to encourage a shift away from inefficient, environmentally harmful agricultural fertilizers in China.
The REIT paid some $13.6m for four contiguous farms at a time when tree nuts stand to benefit the most from increasing global middle class consumption.
The food and agri private equity firm has acquired a minority stake in Betânia.
L3F, an impact fund backed by four major multinationals, will invest €2m in a project aimed at helping smallholder farmers triple their revenue while improving the quality of vanilla.
The 14 berry and citrus farms could fetch as much as A$300 million, according to Kidder Williams, the agricultural corporate advisory firm executing the sale.
The global investment and advisory firm is helping select a sales manager for assets that remain within the listed timber fund after shareholders voted to wind the company down in June.
The firm co-led the round in biologicals start-up NewLeaf Symbiotics alongside Otter Capital, bringing capital raised by the company to nearly $50m.
The investment seeks to capitalize on what the company sees as an 'inflection point' in both commercial and personal use of hydroponic equipment.
The $197bn sovereign wealth fund groups agriculture together with life sciences, technology and three other sectors that its says reflect a rebalancing in favor of long-term opportunities.
The Vietnam-focused private equity firm is selling its shares in Vietnamese crop chemicals company Loc Troi in a listing that will value the company at $200m.