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MLSCF II is aiming at November this year for final close, with its target set at $200m to $250m.
China's agriculture industry has been challenged by a lack of economies of scale, low-tech farming techniques and broken value chains - but an even more fundamental issue is on the horizon.
Funding will be used to build an irrigation dam in Mumbwa District in Zambia.
The funding will be used to boost family farms' agricultural production and allow them to diversify in the Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder regions.
Investing in family farmers and smallholders is the key to the "inclusive growth" which will drive the world's population out of hunger, says the FAO.
The Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance upped its lending by 56% last year, arranging loans for 658 businesses in 64 countries.
Agri-Vie’s Avril Stassen about agri opportunities across the value chain in sub-Saharan Africa.
The UN body's report suggests $267bn of extra investment a year is necessary to lift an estimated 800 million out of poverty.
Toyota Tsusho invested $3m in a $10m deal with Amatheon Agri, a German agribusiness and food company that operates sustainable agricultural projects in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
Innovation Endeavors recently invested in an irrigation company via the Farm2050 collective. Managing partner Dror Berman talks about the idea behind Farm 2050 and why CropX was its first investment.