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The group hopes to build a regional hub for cacao production and global distribution, through a newly formed subsidiary.

Leaving the EU could lead to some painful years for UK agribusinesses, warned researcher Allan Buckwell, but is unlikely to lead to a long-term slump in farmland prices.

The Ospraie spin-out led by Ripplewood co-founder John Duryea has raised $200m since 2014 for its debut fund.

Little Brimstone will be the TIMO's second forest carbon project under management.

China’s land laws require careful navigation, says former Warburg Pincus Asia-Pacific chairman and Black Soil founder Chang Sun.

The pension fund is rolling its agri, timber, real estate, infrastructure and energy asset managers into a single division, but says each will operate independently.

Stafford's latest timber fund has so far been invested most heavily in secondaries, followed by co-investments, said Tom Goodrich, a timber group partner.

SLM partner Paul McMahon also said that ecological farming was safer than many intensive models as a long-term investment, with operational and underlying value of assets remaining more stable.

The German asset manager has acquired timberland assets in the UK for the first time.

Brown & Co research shows aggregating adds value, but consultant Stephen Hall says building value is not always so straightforward.