The world will starve if we don’t invest in agriculture
According to a recent report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the world will require a 70% increase in food production in the coming years.
In order to grow food production fast enough to match population growth, agriculture markets will require an average of $209 billion in additional investment.
In the meantime, agriculture commodities like corn, wheat, soybeans, cattle, chicken and pork will continue to rise as supply struggles to keep pace with demand.
Forbes Magazine reports that food manufacturers won’t benefit from higher food prices either - it will be “the suppliers of fertilizer and/or farm equipment” that will be the best places to invest.
Ian Wyatt begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, the Chief Investment Strategist at Wyatt Investment Research, recently pointed out that food prices are on the rise. He recently said,
“Already this year, the price of soybeans is up 24%, sugar has gained 55%, corn has jumped 63% and wheat has surged 84%.”
To take advantage of the continued growth of the world population and the necessity for ever greater amounts of food production, Mr. Wyatt recently recommended investing in a specific agriculture investment
