Agriculture is one of the great places to be – Jim Rogers on Bloomberg UTV in India
Jim speaking at an event – “Investment strategies in an emerging financial lanscape”. Funny to see the Indian interviewer’s (probably an MBA!) WTF reaction to Jim’s comments on agriculture. In trying to sell the attractiveness of the farming business in South America to potential investors, I’ve found the going rough in India. People cannot imagine [...]
India’s Interest in Latin America/South America must go beyond World Cup: Not just football superpowers, agriculture superpowers as well
Note: an abbreviated version of this article titled “India’s Interest in Latin America must go beyond World Cup” was syndicated by Indo-Asian News Wire Service. A few portals that ran the article include: SIFY, TradeIndia, IndiaNewsPost, ThaIndian, SouthAsiaMail, ProKerala, Gulf Times, Qatar and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Over the next few weeks, millions [...]
Cash Crops: Buying Farmland for Income in South America
Investors nervous about the stock market and in search of better returns than a money-market fund might consider plowing cash into farmland, say some financial planners. via online.wsj.com The Article talks about the prospects for US farmland, but South American farmland is worth a look by US HNW investors. An acquisition of farmland parcels of, [...]
Agribusiness Opportunities in South America
Image via Wikipedia In the just released, OECD agro outlook report, thru 2019, Latin America is projected to be the fastest growing agro production region. I spoke about the opportunities for investing in various aspects of agribusiness value chain- encompassing contract farming, logistics, food processing in South America – specifically the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, [...]
Brazil’s agricultural output expected to rise
Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse and a world leader in exports of soybeans, sugar, orange juice, and coffee. It is also one of the top producers and exporters of cotton, poultry, and beef. This trend of Brazilian dominance in agriculture seems poised to continue with an expected 8.5% increase in production for grains, legumes, and [...]
Agriculture Opportunities for India in Latin America – Speech at CII Partnership Summit
I was invited to speak at the CII Partnership Summit held in Chennai at the session on New Trade Routes. I spoke on how Latin/South America is well-positioned as the world’s agriculture outsourcing hub, and can meet India’s needs for food security. See video below: The recent price rise in food items which has caused [...]
India on verge of farm disaster: M.S. Swaminathan
Image by leetucker via Flickr India was the leading economy of the world for much of the last 2000 years from wealth generated from agricultural surplus. As Jim Rogers says, India should be the greatest agricultural country in the world, not America, with great weather, soils, climate. But, government policies militate against farming as a [...]
Invest in food commodities, what India needs to have and use: Jim Rogers
livemint.com On agri-business In agriculture, you invest in about anything. It has recently come down, but I expect it to much much higher over the next decade, or so. Lots of what we consume—sugar, wheat—we are using it in fuel tanks. In my view, therefore, it is a good place to invest. Top picks in [...]
Creating a company for Indian farmers
Image via Wikipedia livemint.com The reason why many of the government’s well-intended measures fail is not far to seek. The actual problem that farmers face today is low incomes due to the absence of post-harvest infrastructure, low value addition and absence of organized marketing processes. The solution, in fact, lies in ensuring that farmers get [...]
Brazil Becomes the New Food Superpower
Image via Wikipedia US News and World Report With millions of people literally hungering for affordable food, Brazil‘s breakthroughs in tropical agriculture may prove to be the key to feeding a growing global population. If Saudi Arabia fills the world’s gas stations, China assembles its consumer goods, and India vies to staff its office services, [...]
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