Even as Indian soybean production has increased 537% since 1990, domestic production canÕt match human and animal demand for soy.

South Korea-based Orion Confectionery and Singapore-based Delfi Limited, formerly known as Petra Foods, have partnered to create Delfi-Orion, a joint venture based in Indonesia that is expected to corner 50% of the country’s US$4.28 billion chocolate market, reports Business Korea. Delfi is Indonesia’s largest confectionery company, while Orion is one of South Korea’s largest snack […]

The University of Michigan is planning to invest a total $126 million across four funds that it describes as having “niche strategies and ability to add value,” reports Bloomberg. Of the $126 million, the university has allocated $30 million to invest in AMERRA’s Agri Fund III, a private equity fund with a focus on agricultural investments […]

Leading vertically integrated tomato producer, NatureSweet, announced it is partnering with Mexican greenhouse producer, Ganfer Greenhouses, one of the largest greenhouse vegetable producers in North America, in a joint venture that will see NatureSweet add 100 hectares of greenhouse acreage within three years reports Fresh Plaza. The first phase of construction has already begun, with […]

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has granted conditional approval with Anheuser-Busch InBev for the completion of its $107 billion acquisition of SABMiller. The deal has already gained approval in Australia, South Africa, and across Europe, and the approval from the U.S. brings the transaction, which still needs approval from China, closer […]

The Oman Food Investment Holding Company (OFIC) established the Mazoon Dairy Company in the first half of 2015 to facilitate a major US$260 million dairy project with the goal of achieving self-sufficiency in dairy production in Oman. The OFIC website states that the project will include the construction of a vertically integrated dairy farm and […]

After six years serving as chief executive of AP Pension, Denmark’s third largest pension fund, Søren Dal Thomsen will be stepping down as CEO effective immediately. Under Thomsen’s tenure, the DKK96 billion (US$14.59 billion) AP Pension has been a dynamic agricultural investor. In January 2014 the fund launched the Dansk Farmland Fund as an investment vehicle focused on […]

UNDERSTANDING FARMLAND INVESTMENT By Detlef Schoen, Head of Real Assets, Insight Investment   INSIGHT FARMLAND PROFILE Over many years Insight Farmland has built corporate farming expertise and strong institutional bridgeheads in key global agricultural geographies, with tried and tested people, processes and structures. As part of Insight Investment, a leading global asset manager, Insight Farmland […]

I have posted about Japan’s changing investment landscape due to ultra low interest rates, a shrinking and aging population, and increasing liabilities and challenges in meeting return expectations. Their government is encouraging Japanese institutional investors and their advisors to allocate abroad into alternatives and higher yielding asset classes such as real assets, private equity, and […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media

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Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek is in advanced discussions to back India-based online restaurant Rebel Foods, local Indian reports. Temasek is eyeing a capital injection of between $100 million and $150 million into Rebel Foods, which is behind cloud kitchen brands such as Faasos and Behrouz Biryani. Talks between the two companies are reportedly in […]