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The REIT paid some $13.6m for four contiguous farms at a time when tree nuts stand to benefit the most from increasing global middle class consumption.

The fund is being raised by TIAA-affiliate Westchester Group and will initially focus on investments in Poland.

L3F, an impact fund backed by four major multinationals, will invest €2m in a project aimed at helping smallholder farmers triple their revenue while improving the quality of vanilla.

The 14 berry and citrus farms could fetch as much as A$300 million, according to Kidder Williams, the agricultural corporate advisory firm executing the sale.

The country's 177,000 businesses in the food and agribusiness sector is to identify new products, services and business models, according to CSIRO.

By acquiring the impact investment manager, Mirova intends to create a European platform dedicated to natural capital investing.

TGAM Agribusiness Fund, which will invest debt to obtain non-controlling positions in family-owned businesses, added $9.6m in July to move it nearly halfway to its $600m target.

New Zealand’s avocado industry recorded its highest ever volume and value levels last season, with growing global demand attracting investors to the fruit.

The Seattle-based global coffee chain is proving $2m to an Inter-American Development Bank program providing loans to female smallholder coffee farmers in the South American nation.

The bank is adding another £100m to the vehicle it launched last July to support farmers operating in a volatile market by enabling them to invest in their businesses.