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Sustainable food and agri-focused Seed 2 Growth Ventures has led a $10m funding round for biological pesticides company Terramera.

A Monsanto-Bayer merger could be in the pipeline, and observers are considering how further consolidation could affect the entry of new players into the ag input world.

The acquisitions, which Avrio describes as food-tech plays, bring the number of portfolio companies in the Canadian VC’s C$108m third fund up to four.

Rising demand signals rising prices, but unpredictable weather puts growers at risk, according to an investor and former coffee trader.

The firm is waiting for regulatory approval to acquire French company Roullier’s food and agricultural hygiene business, Hypred.

ESO and Kingsley Capital are betting on a rise in Europe's Muslim population with their £20.5m investment in halal meat distributor Janan.

Equity-backed Biodico has received $1.2m in California grant money to bring renewable energy to US farms.

Chinese, Thai and Middle Eastern investors are to help fund and run the super-sized, vertically integrated project.

Village Capital's for-profit investment fund will invest in at least one US agri company, as well as other potential investments in India and Latin America.

LXG Asset Management analyst Rafael Romero, part of a timber fund management team in the country, says Peru is making great efforts to pull in forestry investment.