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Farmland InvestmentThe long term and structural nature of the developments in the agricultural sector provide a remarkable on-going investment opportunity. Farmland is increasingly viewed as a critical strategic resource. Reports of countries such as China and Saudi Arabia actively seeking out fertile land across the globe, only emphasises this point. Farmland is an attractive asset class for all long-term investors as it offers benefits including:
Farmland is a relevant, well performed and poorly understood asset class. An asset class you may have been increasingly hearing about. You may be wondering how you can access this asset class and how you can find the required levels of experience, knowledge and expertise to successfully manage such an investment. Agro-Ecological believes that carefully selected and well managed farmland investments provide a secure and advantageous component of a well-designed portfolio. The scientific rigour of agro-ecological management ensures farmland is strongly positioned to outperform in the face of global climate change and rising conventional farm input costs. Ecologically managed farmland portfolios deliver resilience, lower risk and excellence of investment performance long term. Investing in farmland with Agro-Ecological, in addition to providing the benefits above, provides exposure to the following investment themes: • agriculture; • sustainability; and • global climate change.
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For a full list of our Investment Research papers, please refer to our Investment Research page.
Developing a rural land investment performance index for New Zealand (Professor Chris Eves, March 2008) Farmland investing (Mercer) The financial gains from adding farmland to an international investment portfolio. (2008, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management V14, No1) A Comparison of Farmland Returns in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and United States (Professor Chris Eves & Dr Marv Painter, March 2008) Farmland investing: an overview (2005 Bill Howard) Portfolio diversification using farmland investments (2005) Selected paper prepared for presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting |
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