1. The $170m fund has invested in a forestry concession in Indonesia, and plans to make a second in Indo-China early next year.
2. Anterra leads $5.5m agri data round.
3. Abacus Emerging Markets and state-owned KazAgro will bridge the gap between local agribusinesses and foreign investors in Kazhakastan.
4. After years of battling undernutrition, Africa is facing an emerging threat of obesity and the two must be considered simultaneously, according to the director of nutrition at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
5. A coalition of international labour rights and environmental groups has questioned whether audits carried out by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) were robust enough to root out members that used slave labour.
6. Tetra Pak has signed the Paris Pledge for Action at COP21, joining other major signatories from the food and beverage industry including Nestlé, Diageo, The Kellogg Company and Mars Incorporated.
7. In the drinks segment, Ball Corporation has won Brazilian approval of its proposed £5.4bn ($8.2bn) acquisition of Rexam.
8. Körber technology group has completed its acquisition of Efacec Handling Solutions strengthening its presence across Portugal, Czech Republic, India, Singapore, and Spain.
9. Moderate drinking could reduce the risk of death for people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
10. US retail sales of Greek yogurt have been picking up strongly over the past year, according to the latest Nielsen data*, with year-on-year (YoY) percentage growth up from 4.6% in the latest 52 weeks, to 6.1% in the latest 26 weeks, 7.4% in the latest 13 weeks, and 9.2% in the latest four weeks.
2. Anterra leads $5.5m agri data round.
3. Abacus Emerging Markets and state-owned KazAgro will bridge the gap between local agribusinesses and foreign investors in Kazhakastan.
4. After years of battling undernutrition, Africa is facing an emerging threat of obesity and the two must be considered simultaneously, according to the director of nutrition at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
5. A coalition of international labour rights and environmental groups has questioned whether audits carried out by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) were robust enough to root out members that used slave labour.
6. Tetra Pak has signed the Paris Pledge for Action at COP21, joining other major signatories from the food and beverage industry including Nestlé, Diageo, The Kellogg Company and Mars Incorporated.
7. In the drinks segment, Ball Corporation has won Brazilian approval of its proposed £5.4bn ($8.2bn) acquisition of Rexam.
8. Körber technology group has completed its acquisition of Efacec Handling Solutions strengthening its presence across Portugal, Czech Republic, India, Singapore, and Spain.
9. Moderate drinking could reduce the risk of death for people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
10. US retail sales of Greek yogurt have been picking up strongly over the past year, according to the latest Nielsen data*, with year-on-year (YoY) percentage growth up from 4.6% in the latest 52 weeks, to 6.1% in the latest 26 weeks, 7.4% in the latest 13 weeks, and 9.2% in the latest four weeks.
No comments:
Post a Comment