Emerging Markets

The USAID initiative will launch a new competition for innovators with tech solutions that address the challenge of limited water for food production in developing countries.    

The French fruit producer, exporter and distributor has attracted investment from subsidiaries of Société Générale and Crédit Agricole and food and agri investment firm Unigrains.

The impact fund is aimed at promoting sustainably-sourced food and smallholder farming communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Emma Cowan, independent agribusiness consultant, describes the changing landscape for commodities amid a shift in biofuel and BRIC countries’ growth potential.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Food Security Index showed an average improvement across the globe in 2014.

Report says irrigation systems, hybrid seeds and micro-loans can all help poor farmers.

Business incubator Rural Agri Ventures will address the demand/supply gap across dairy, logistics, infrastructure, animal feed and water management among other sub-sectors.

The Dutch development finance institution has partnered with sustainable trade initiative IDH to launch the initiative.

Initiative 20x20, a collaboration between LatAm and Caribbean countries, multilateral organisations and the private sector, will restore 20m hectares of degraded forest and agricultural land across the region.

The Indian food and agribusiness private equity fund is close to a first close on $100m; it is currently on $80m with commitments from a range of DFIs and Rabobank.