Local microfinance provider Arvand lends to cattle and crop agribusinesses to make improvements, sow crops or buy equipment.
The accelerator will invest up to €100,000 in eight to 12 portfolio start-ups, bringing them into an accelerator programme modelled on one in St Louis.
The firm has doubled the acreage across its farmland investments having recently acquired six properties for €5.2m.
The Fund IV portfolio company has snapped up a pea and bean seeds producer in North America.
The firm raised $765 for its Arbor Investments Fund IV in 90 days, as well as closing its first debt fund.
The firm is funding India's largest private dairy to expand its value-added product range and to target consumers.
The sale will free up working capital to build on the $500m the company invested in the midstream protein sector over the past year, according to an executive.
The credit line will go towards modernising farming practices to meet EU standards and improving market access for producers.
In converting 2,400 acres of Florida timberland to forage-growing land for dairy cows, Farmland Partners hopes to diversify its portfolio in terms of risk.
Uneven regulations and lax enforcement over water use threatens foreign investors, a report finds.
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