1. TIAA-CREF and its subsidiary, GreenWood Resources, have launched $667m Global Timber Resources. Investors include Swedish pension AP2 and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
2. Australian sugar and guar cropping, meat processing and aquaculture project Integrated Food and Energy Development(IFED) has signed an MOU for $2M with the Queensland government to access unallocated water in the Gilbert River.
3. Over 200 companies within the Grow Africa Partnership committed $10bn in investment to agriculture in 12 African countries in 2014, representing a 40% increase on 2013 levels.
4. First Guardian Agriculture's Australian Agriculture Fund is now targeting A$800m and will invest across commodities and parts of the value chain.
5. IFC (International Finanace Corporation) invested $3.8m into Nepalese poultry feed producer Probiotech Industries alongside the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.
6. The Department of Agriculture will help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners interested in growing new crops for biomass, with a support of $11.5m.
7. Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), has issued a $50m loan to the Government of Montenegro to support agricultural development in the country.
8. The $14.7bn New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association is actively exploring agriculture investment opportunities after making its first foray into the sector last year.
9. With the help from IFC, the Singapore subsidiary of 'New Hope' (Chinese Agribusiness giant) plans to create more than 1,500 new jobs in ten countries in South and South-East Asia.
10. Stafford Capital Partners closes its $484m timberland fund of funds at the end of May.
11. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged €689m to help tackle malnutrition as the European Commission announced €23.5m for a new nutrition initiative and €3.5bn by 2020.
12. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has urged the European commissioner for health and food safety to practice caution when making ‘adjustments’ to health claim and botanical rules.
13. The CEO of Nestlé has said he is confident Maggi Noodles will return “very soon” after they were withdrawn from the Indian market due to lead level concerns.
14. Microbiological contamination was the most common incident category in 2014, according to a report from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).
15. India's food safety watchdog has ordered all variants of Nestlé’s Maggi noodles to be withdrawn from sale and further production and exports to be stopped.
16. According to Nielsen data, 85% of new consumer packaged goods fail within two years, and big firms are no better - and often far worse - at picking winners than smaller ones, despite their deep pockets.
17. China donates US$50m to help developing & emerging countries build sustainable food supply chains, UN's FAO announced during the weekend in Rome.
2. Australian sugar and guar cropping, meat processing and aquaculture project Integrated Food and Energy Development(IFED) has signed an MOU for $2M with the Queensland government to access unallocated water in the Gilbert River.
3. Over 200 companies within the Grow Africa Partnership committed $10bn in investment to agriculture in 12 African countries in 2014, representing a 40% increase on 2013 levels.
4. First Guardian Agriculture's Australian Agriculture Fund is now targeting A$800m and will invest across commodities and parts of the value chain.
5. IFC (International Finanace Corporation) invested $3.8m into Nepalese poultry feed producer Probiotech Industries alongside the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.
6. The Department of Agriculture will help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners interested in growing new crops for biomass, with a support of $11.5m.
7. Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), has issued a $50m loan to the Government of Montenegro to support agricultural development in the country.
8. The $14.7bn New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association is actively exploring agriculture investment opportunities after making its first foray into the sector last year.
9. With the help from IFC, the Singapore subsidiary of 'New Hope' (Chinese Agribusiness giant) plans to create more than 1,500 new jobs in ten countries in South and South-East Asia.
10. Stafford Capital Partners closes its $484m timberland fund of funds at the end of May.
11. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged €689m to help tackle malnutrition as the European Commission announced €23.5m for a new nutrition initiative and €3.5bn by 2020.
12. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has urged the European commissioner for health and food safety to practice caution when making ‘adjustments’ to health claim and botanical rules.
13. The CEO of Nestlé has said he is confident Maggi Noodles will return “very soon” after they were withdrawn from the Indian market due to lead level concerns.
14. Microbiological contamination was the most common incident category in 2014, according to a report from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).
15. India's food safety watchdog has ordered all variants of Nestlé’s Maggi noodles to be withdrawn from sale and further production and exports to be stopped.
16. According to Nielsen data, 85% of new consumer packaged goods fail within two years, and big firms are no better - and often far worse - at picking winners than smaller ones, despite their deep pockets.
17. China donates US$50m to help developing & emerging countries build sustainable food supply chains, UN's FAO announced during the weekend in Rome.
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