Baring

Taking tracts of agricultural land is among ways to play the risks of climate change says Baring Asset Management's chief investment officer, Marino Valensise.

El creciente negocio del comercio alimentario desata el interés de las multinacionales, entidades financieras y, sobre todo, fondos de inversión especulativos que compran tierra en los países pobres.

Fertile soil and good water supply – but lagging development – present a compelling opportunity for agriculture investors, finds Stephanie Schwartz-Driver

Report provides detailed information about investment opportunities in land grabbing offered to German private and institutional investors.

Agriculture opportunities are accessed through land purchase (for production of foodstuffs or, more recently, biofuels), through equity investments in companies associated with this theme or – as is the case for £143m Ceres Agriculture fund – through pure derivative strategies.