Emerging Markets

The grant, allocated to AGRA's Micro Reforms for African Agribusiness in Nigeria project, will help farmers access the value chain.

The project, partly financed through the group's own Summit Brazil Renewables Fund I, will gain cost advantages from its location in the country’s interior.

As Aqua Capital looks to complete deployment of its $173m Brazil-focused debut fund, founding partner Sebastian Popik says upstream agribusinesses are faring well, but liquidity has moved up on the firm's agenda.

The vertical farming business plans to expand into China, to access a health-savvy middle class amid food security concerns.

Sustainable agri-focused JB Equity has hired Bor Boer to oversee the investment firm’s expansion efforts in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Juraj Neuwirth, an associate at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, tells Agri Investor why Africa is more suited to smaller, specialised investments, and why better regulation is to come.

The Bolivian government is seeking to make the country self sustainable in food production and stop all food imports by 2020.

The Savola Group-backed sugar refinery company will use the equity investment to remain competitive against state-owned companies.

Investors are increasingly looking for forestry opportunities beyond developed markets. We ask TIAA's Biff Ourso why, and what new risks this poses.

The investment comes on the heels of reports that Aqua Capital has launched a second fund targeting $300 million.