land investments-scs farmland
news about land investments
Below are a few facts from online-newspaper articles that support why SCS Farmland is a good investment, together with the corresponding web link to the articles. The common theme is the population of the world is expanding, and the amount of farmland we have to grow food to feed the expanding population is decreasing. SCS Farmland is not relying on bank funding, The Food, Water & Energy Company already own the land, so there are no banks to "pull the plug". SCS Farmland does not rely on the stock market, or the housing market, it works on the simple need for food. Governments are buying arable land, large institutions are buying arable land, farmers are buying more arable land, this is your chance to get involved.
Cash in on the rush to secure quality farmland (September 2008, source: "Money Week")
- Fertile soil - good dirt - may become more important to land values than oil or minerals in the ground. Some say it is already a strategic asset on par with oil. As Lennart Bage, president of a UN fund for agricultural development says, "Now fertile land with access to water has become a strategic asset."
- The mainstream press focuses on issues such as population, dietary shifts, and the impact of biofuels. One thing that doesn't get talked about much may be the most important thing of all: a rowing shortage of quality topsoil. Call it the topsoil crisis...
- In the 1980s, the amount of land under cultivation began to fall for the first time since humble early humanity began to farm the rich land around the Tigris and Euphrates. It continues to fall today. read more >>
Abu Dhabi develops food farms in Sudan (July 2008, source: "The Guardian")
- Abu Dhabi is to develop nearly 30,000 hectares of farmland in Sudan in the first step towards ensuring food security in the emirate.
- Pakistan's government is reported to have offered the Saudis hundreds of thousands of hectares in return for £3bn in oil and financial aid.
- Private companies are being encouraged to buy agricultural land abroad. read more >>
Increasing population vs. decreasing amount of arable land ("Tranquileye")
- The link below takes you to a clock that shows the growth of population and the decreasing amount of arable land there is on the planet. read more >>
