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Agro Nica Holdings will launch a $40m institutional fundraise next month after recently completing an early round from family office capital.
More and more agri players are starting to understand the value of insurance protection, writes Stephane Baldanoff, managing director of the food and agribusiness practice at JLT Asia.
An initiative has been launched by the US government to invest into regional conservation projects alongside private investors.
The African agriculture asset management firm is currently fundraising for integrated farming projects in Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria, looking to invest into soybean and other farms.
Values for 'good' farmland in the first quarter of 2014 were down in the Corn Belt region, according to the Chicago Fed’s latest agricultural letter.
As the diversity of agri funds grows, and the credibility of their management improves, there is an opportunity for a thriving fund of funds market to mobilise institutional investors.
The new commitment by the Washington State Investment Board was approved at an April board meeting and takes its total commitment to agri to $650 million.
The UK-based firm is set to launch a $250m private equity fund investing into coconuts and neem in Brazil and is targeting family offices and high net worth individuals for the first close.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invested €871m into the agribusiness sector in 2013, including €60m in commitments to the southern and eastern Mediterranean region.
India's agriculture sector is picking up pace and was worth $151bn in 2012, according to data compiled by the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF).