Saudi Arabia Facing Food Security Issues Head On
How Saudia Arabia is Facing Food Security Issues Head On By Shahnaz Mahmud By 2050, the world will need 60% more food to feed a population that will exceed nine billion by that time, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Countries will continue to compete for land, water and food, which
Read moreQuinoa: not just a healthy super-food, a solution to food security
By Ana Lucia Escudero, Strategic Communications for Inter-American Development Bank Until recently, you couldn’t find quinoa in any U.S. supermarket. Except perhaps Whole Foods. Now, many large box stores like Walmart and Walgreens sell it. Ancient Harvest, one of the first American companies to import quinoa fro
Read moreInvestment Opportunities driven by Structural Deficits & Supply Chain Inefficiencies
Establishing productive assets in superior agronomic zones to supply long-term deficit markets is a compelling investment strategy. Certain agricultural commodity and food-industry supply chains will continue to undergo long term structural deficit dynamics, exacerbated by increasing and changing patterns of demand. Incumbent supply chains are
Read moreToday is D-Day
Manuela Zoninsein Chief Executive Officer Smart Agriculture Analytics Yimutian, FruitDay, Yun Nongchang: besides working in food and agriculture, what do these Chinese ecommerce kings have in common? They have all invested in building and managing their own proprietary distribution channels, and in recent weeks the world is st
Read moreExecutive relocation and the knockout factor
Lelia Lim-Loges Managing Partner Kincannon & Reed Gregory Duerksen President Kincannon & Reed In the English language knockout has two meanings. The first is used to describe something sensationally striking or appealing. The second is directly opposite — something that eliminates you from further competition. I
Read moreInvesting in Agriculture – the case for higher food prices
Desmond Sheehy Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer Duxton Asset Management Duxton’s approach to investing into agriculture has been shaped and developed by practical application over the last 8 years. In this time we have invested for our clients over USD 400m across the agricultural value chain in a number of differen
Read moreTriple A Investing… Agriculture, Asia, Australia
Tim McGavin Chief Executive Officer Laguna Bay Agriculture is second only to land as the most ancient investment. Together, land and agriculture have outlasted most other investments as preservers of wealth and long-term generators of cash-flows. Yet to many institutional investors the rewards from agricultural investment have
Read moreA Look at the Strategy Behind Investeco’s Sustainable Food Fund
In early 2011, Investeco Capital Corp., a Toronto-based private equity group dedicated to socially responsible investing, announced a new investment vehicle: the Sustainable Food Fund, which invests in small, growing companies that focus on food and agricultural sustainability. The $40 million fund completed its initial fund raising phase i
Read moreThe Evolving Farming Technology Ecosystem
Arama Kukutai Managing Director Finistere Ventures Since time immemorial, farming has been a family enterprise. Passed from family member across the generations, this fact is reflected today in over 95% of US farm ownership remaining closely held. However, the assumption that the family farm will be “passed on” faces great
Read moreFarmers Business Network Targets Expansion Amid $15M Capital Raise
By Gerelyn Terzo Farmers Business Network, a data driven farmer to farmer network that connects growers with each other, just raised $15 million in a series B venture capital round led by Google Ventures (GV), the tech giant’s venture capital arm. In addition to GV, other investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as
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