The international financial institution invested $20m in Beijing-headquartered Hosen Capital's previous agri-focused fund
Key members of staff can now make larger forestry investments without committee approval.
The fund administrator has been naturally liquidating its timber allocation, invested through Timberland Investment Resources, since 2011.
Aberdeen senior investment manager Ryan Sullivan says growing investor interest should bolster permanent crop prices against dramatic falls.
DEG and African Capital Alliance joined 8 Miles in buying a minority stake in the Nigerian company, which aims to become a regional snack-food leader.
Pegasus Agri-tech, one of the largest hydroponic farm owners and operators in the MENA region, is to build a facility in Florida.
New FMO director Suzanne Gaboury says the bank has already invested over €70m in the sector this year.
The REIT has also added a 70-acre strawberry farm in Florida to its portfolio.
The hire, Scott McKinnon, joins other big-ag veterans to spearhead an aggressive growth strategy in the Americas, Australia and Russia.
The raise, joined by DBL Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, brings funding for the data sharing and inputs procurement company to $48m.