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The agribusiness panel at The Global African Investment Summit emphasised that commercial scale across the value chain is essential to investment on the continent.

The company’s biofuels business has been seeking equity financing since April this year.

ROC Partners is targeting Australian agriculture as its primary sector of investment.

Direct investing versus fund investing was a topic of debate during the LP panel at the recent Private Equity in Emerging Markets conference in London.

The Dutch investment manager is still working on Rabo Farm Europe Fund II’s first commitments as increasing numbers of investment firms enter the region.

South African pension funds see potential in other African markets.

Silicon Valley Bank and USDA have lent $91 million to biofuels producer Cool Planet to commercialise its technology.

Taking investors to view neem and coconut plantation assets was part of the UK fund management's recent summit in Brazil.

Mark Mansley, investment manager at the £2.2bn Environment Agency Pension Fund, tells Agri Investor about the fund's experience in agriculture and timber investing so far.

Nearly half of respondents said their interest in agri investment stemmed from the investment returns on offer but 24 percent claimed that responsible/impact investment was key to their interest.