During the stock-taking of agricultural investment funds, the study team identified 80 investment funds, fund management companies and corporate structures. Since the members of the study team of ConCap Connective Capital and FAO all had experience in developing or operating investment funds, developing this exercise involved both an Internet review and an extensive consultation with agricultural investment fund leaders building from contacts they had developed over time. The team then selected 31 relevant agricultural investment funds to be included in the stock-taking analysis and categorization, excluding certain funds targeting agriculture, such as governmental programmes, land investment funds and commodity funds
