Contributed Content: Paraguayan Chaco – The Next Frontier in Global Institutional Agri Investment
By Richard Lane, Executive Director, Birdwood Capital “If you have not explored the institutional opportunity set in Paraguayan agriculture already, you should,” is no longer a bold statement. Paraguay, often mistaken as a province of much smaller Uruguay, is nestled, erstwhile swallowed, between the two agricultural giants Brazil
Read moreContributed Content: Cellular Meat. It’s Going to be What’s for Dinner
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital When most people contemplate eating a meal featuring alternative protein, these days they think about something plant-based, due to the incredible success of the Impossible Whopper and Dunkin Beyond Sausage Sandwich. However, cellular-based proteins are starting to make an impact on the a
Read moreContributed Content: African Agriculture as a First Choice Investment for Impact Investors
By Susan Payne, Holistic Agricultural Investments Group From its early stages only 10 to 15 years ago, large-scale agriculture in Africa continues to develop each year to include many burgeoning operational projects, frequently supported by international investment and often in previously unproductive regions. While this growth has happened
Read moreContributed Content: The Promise of 2020 Will be Achieved in 2021
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital The agtech & food tech sector started out with a lot of optimism in 2020, coming off a record fundraising year in 2019. The sector seemed poised for a strong performance as a growing number of companies were beginning to generate commercial revenue and to expand their businesses. Mu
Read moreContributed Content: EU Farm to Fork Strategy: How Reasonable is The Turmoil Predicted by USDA?
By Dr. Yelto Zimmer, Coordinator, agri benchmark Cash Crop, yelto.zimmer@agribenchmark.net The U.S. agricultural ministry (USDA) recently published a report on the likely consequences if the EU Commission’s Farm to Fork (F2F) Communication were to be put in place. In this paper, the Commission proposes a set of measures that are suppose
Read moreInsight: Ag Investing Innovations Flow in 2020
By Greg Mellinger, CEO, HighQuest Partners, LLC Twenty-twenty has seen expanded offerings from agricultural investing powerhouses with assets over $1 billion AUM, smaller funds, and new entrants. More than 100 follow-on and newly-formed farmland, infrastructure, PE/VC, credit, REIT, commodity, and natural capital funds were introduced and/o
Read moreFrom GAI Gazette: Field of Agronomic Dreams: Rethinking the Farm Supply Co-op to Drive Value
This article will be featured in the next GAI Gazette, Volume 7, Issue 2, which will be distributed digitally in conjunction with the Global AgInvesting Europe event, which will be held virtually on December 7-8, 2020. Join us for this 11th annual event to gain valuable insight and learn best practices from the expert speaking faculty. Se
Read moreContributed Content: Indoor Farming is Going Mainstream
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital Significant changes are underway in the indoor farming sector, none bigger than the recent AppHarvest public listing and the Plenty and Driscoll’s joint development agreement. I have been an outspoken advocate of indoor farming in my articles: “Is indoor farming poised to challenge t
Read moreFrom WIA Summit: The Changing Sales Landscape: Perspectives on 2020 Trends
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media At the 2020 Women in Agribusiness Summit, Liz Harrison and Tamara Charm of McKinsey & Company spoke about the big shifts in sales through the eyes of consumers, B2B decision makers, and farmers, based on the results of McKinsey’s global research and surveys done throughout th
Read moreFrom GAI Gazette: Shifting Trends in Global Tree Nut Markets
This article will be featured in the next GAI Gazette, Volume 7, Issue 2, which will be distributed digitally in conjunction with the Global AgInvesting Europe event, which will be held virtually on December 7-8, 2020. Join us for this 11th annual event to gain valuable insight and learn best practices from the expert speaking faculty. See
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