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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 family office-led fund management firm is raising capital to invest globally in its second agricultural venture.
The private equity industry is taking development issues more seriously when searching for new investments in agriculture and other sectors.
Recent dips in commodity prices have prompted speculative reports about the possible effects on US farmland values and investments. But some investment managers say this focus is too narrow.
The Farm Credit Canada spin-out has raised just over half of its C$125m target.
The bank's private equity arm recently invested $35m into a Middle Eastern chicken producer.
The US pension fund approved the commitment to the US-based ACM Permanent Crops fund, at its latest board meeting
High prices and inefficiencies in the sector have brought private investor attention to the fisheries sector, according to a Rabobank analyst and investment banker.
The US private equity firm has sold its remaining stake in the Chinese dairy company, raising about $80 million on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
If mergers and acquisitions volumes are anything to go by, agribusiness investing is increasingly on the minds of corporates and private equity professionals worldwide.