Middle East sovereign funds are increasingly running their ruler over the Australian agriculture industry in an effort to shore up their own food security, agribusiness guru David Williams says.
Mr Williams, who has overseen some of Australia’s biggest agribusiness deals, told The Australian Ag Podcast – out today – that there had been increased investment demand from the Middle East, and other parts of the world, in the past three or four months amid rising concerns about food security.
“They are really back interested in food and ag for a food security perspective,” Mr Williams…