Emerging Markets

Cibus Farmland Club wants to raise between €50 million and €100 million over the next two years and will supervise the improvement of leased-out land in the country.

The average yearly growth in agricultural GDP in India in the last decade was 4.0%, a new report says.

A recent World Bank report concluded that agribusinesses with a positive impact on local communities performed better than those without.

The agencies hope that providing such insurance facilities will encourage private equity investment into emerging agriculture markets such as Africa.

The Agriculture Fast Track Fund has invested nearly $2m into four agribusinesses in the two countries across the sugar, poultry, horticulture and milk sectors.

Torsten Böhler, managing director of investment banking firm Abacus Emerging Markets, reveals why it has chosen agribusiness as a sector of focus.

The US private equity firm has invested $200m into Ethiopia's Afriflora, an Ethiopian-based grower and distributor of sustainably grown roses.

The $10bn Russian Direct Investment Fund is exploring opportunities for co-investment across the country’s agribusiness value chain.

Investment opportunities abound in the Indian agriculture sector, not least in its inefficient supply chain, writes strategy consultant Deepak Nighoskar.

The time is right to be investing into China’s agriculture industry as the Chinese government pushes for better food quality and higher yielding food production.