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The Agricultural Development Fund is funded by US and European governments and will seek private capital at a later stage.
The private sector has been actively involved in the two-year negotiation process for the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, according to Robynne Anderson, secretariat for the International Agri-Food Network.
The opportunities for investing into agriculture are endless, according to Jim Rogers, the famed US investor, businessman and author.
The bank's private equity arm recently invested $35m into a Middle Eastern chicken producer.
Global Environment Fund is approaching investors ahead of launching GEF African Sustainable Forestry Fund II.
The World Bank and the Global Environment Facility have invested $508m in the Philippines Rural Development Fund.
The DFI recently established a Mediterranean and North African focus and is set to approve four new deals in the coming weeks.
Asia Plantation Capital may list its investment management business and its own forestry assets but some $500m of third-party AUM would remain private.
Increasing numbers of fund management firms are popping up in the Central and Eastern European region, drawn by the cheap land on offer, according to an investment consultant at Towers Watson.
Family office capital can provide an important stepping stone for agri investment projects, particularly in the start-up phase, ahead of an institutional build-out.