Investors buy into agricultural land for inflation protection

Investors are looking to agricultural land as a fertile ground for investment due to increased demand for a protein-rich diet being led by countries such as China and India, as well as for its properties as a hedge against rising inflation.

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An International Monetary Fund (IMF) paper, Rising prices on the menu: Higher food prices may be here to stay (www.imf.org/
external/pubs/ft/fandd/2011/03/pdf/helbling.pdf), published in March, found that the burgeoning growth of the middle classes in countries such as India and China is having a significant impact on the price of food.

“Perhaps the most important explanation for the trend increase in food prices is that consumers in emerging and developing economies are becoming richer and

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