Agribusiness is on the rise but local investors risk getting left behind
The broadness of the agribusiness sector has galvanised investors that historically excluded such investments
Agribusiness (food and agriculture) as an asset class has grown in prominence in recent years, particularly in private markets given the largely unlisted nature of companies in the food and agricultural sectors.
This growth has largely been driven by the growing realisation that real assets in the agribusiness sector (including food processors, permanent crops producers and agricultural land) provide balanced risk-adjusted returns that are able to counteract the effects of low-return asset classes, such as infrastructure, and the high-risk asset classes, such as traditional venture capital and listed equities. ..
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