The Swedish pension fund is considering committing more to Southern Pastures ahead of the fund’s planned final close in December.
Corporate and institutional venture investment into the water sector rose during the first half of 2014, according to i3, an online platform providing intelligence on innovation.
Farmland Partners, the listed US farmland investment firm, has hired Wade Harrison as farm manager to be based in Tennessee.
The New Zealand dairy fund manager is expecting to close on just over NZ$200m, concluding four years of fundraising.
The private equity firm is again backing agribusiness in China with a view to improving food safety, having purchased a stake in Fujian Sunner, a vertically integrated chicken meat producer.
The Macquarie/MD Sass JV will target $750m for its third agri debt fund and is also plotting its first pure private equity fund.
OpenAir Equity Partners led a Series B round attracting repeat investors and one new investor into FarmLink, an agtech company developing a yield benchmarking service for farmers.
'I'd rather invest directly' one LP was overheard telling GPs at our latest ‘Last Thursday’ networking drinks, which attracted investors from the US and Europe and represented projects from Eastern Europe, Latin America and Australasia.
Zambia’s biofuels industry is gathering momentum as the country’s stability, access to resources and alternative fuel demand makes it an attractive investment destination, according to a local banker.
Asia Plantation Capital may list its investment management business and its own forestry assets but some $500m of third-party AUM would remain private.