KKR has invested in an ecological solutions provider on the back of a growing mitigation banking sector in the US.
The company will use $20m from two separate funding deals to develop its big data satellite imagery analysis tools for agriculture and other sectors.
Oregon biowaste and biomass business Pacific Ag will use the raise to acquire its regional competitor, Calagri.
The transaction is the fifth acquisition for the sorghum specialist, which is also backed by GE Capital, BP Alternative Energy and the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund.
Pope Resources has agreed to acquire 7,300 acres of timber in western Washington state from Hancock Timber Resource Group.
The $246m sub-Saharan focused African Agriculture Fund has bought a stake in an agricultural equipment manufacturer.
The company will use funding led by Monsanto Growth Ventures to develop products that combine drones, data analytics and genomics to improve crop yields.
Saudi government-owned agri specialist has increased its holding in G3 Global Grain Group by buying Bunge shares.
Standard Chartered has invested in Vietnamese firm An Giang
The RDIF plans to make $4bn in co-investments to agriculture aby 2018, and will focus on businesses with local and export markets, its chief executive officer Kirill Dmitriev said earlier this week.
The $200m Indian agribusiness fund's backers include development finance institutions CDC, FMO and IFU.
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