In that regard, we came across a piece from Reuters on how pension funds and other institutions are beginning to partner together to invest in farmland. The article mentions a number of institutional investors including TIAA CREF, the British Columbia Investment Management Company, AP2 out of Sweden and Adveq out of Switzerland.

This tells us that a) institutional investors understand the value behind investing in farmland; and b) that they are just at the very beginning of deploying funds into the farmland asset class. From GreenWorld’s perspective, this indicates that our concentration on the farmland investment asset class is spot-on, and that we have a chance to “ride the wave” of the inevitable institutional money that will be deployed in the future.

If you are interested in learning more about our investments in African, European or Australian farmland, please contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com.

• Article on Saudi investment in African farmland
• Article on how Africa is the top global target for foreign investment in farmland
• Article on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are looking into buying farmland in Sudan
• Article on Africa “coming of age” for farm investments

Given that approximately 60% of the world’s unused arable land is in Africa, it is easy to see why African farmland has been such a popular investment choice for investors of all stripes and sizes. Much of this outside investment is coming from the Middle East, and food security concerns are driving a good amount of this.

Please feel free to email us at info@greenworldbvi.com regarding our farmland investment in the West African country of Sierra Leone, and/or just to ask any general questions you may have on the farmland asset class.

GreenWorld's African agricultural land project

We at GreenWorld have long been enthusiastic about our African farmland investment.  Its’ paid yearly dividends so far of 16%, 14% and 14% – in a zero rate world, where else can one find legitimate returns like that?  We also feel that our African project captures a couple of important global macro trends, namely:

1)  The dynamic of a growing population plus shrinking arable land; and

2)  The fact that nearly 60% of the world’s uncultivated but potentially arable farmland is in Africa;

3)  Food security is becoming an increasingly critical issue for countries globally, especially in the Middle East.  Hence, we have seen a number of cases where investors from the Persian Gulf countries are actively purchasing land in Africa.  Just as an example, here are two cases of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait purchasing land in Africa.

Taken together, this means there are important global macro trends providing tremendous support for anyone investing in farmland on the continent.  For those who may be interested in a high yielding African farmland investment, click here.

Australian farmland investments should benefit from rising wheat exports

We at GreenWorld have long felt that Australian farmland is one of the more underrated investments in the agriculture sector.  One a price and yield per acre comparison, its’ much cheaper then farmland in Western Europe or the US.   Along those lines, just today, we came across an article showing how Australian wheat exports to Burma (Myanamar) have been soaring.  Of course, given that GreenWorld’s offers a farmland investment in the Western Australian wheatbelt, we were quite happy to read about this.

If you are interested in learning more, feel free to contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com!

Why might investing in farmland be a good idea?  Well, for starters, farmland acts like Gold by hedging against inflation.  Investing in farmland, however, offers you something that Gold does not – real, genuine income!  Yes, investing in farmland not only offers protection from inflation, it also pays you to own it!

Depending on where you invest in farmland, yearly dividend yields can run between 5%-15%, and substantial upside exists in capital gains on the underlying land as well.  Please do review our farmland investments page on the GreenWorld website, and if you are interested to further discuss any of our farmland investing options, please contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com

Jeremy Grantham advocates investing in farmland and forestry

GreenWorld has long believed that alternative investments such as forestry and farmland should be a substantial part of any investors’ portfolio.  Now, we see Jeremy Grantham (one of our favorite investors along with Jim Rogers) talking about the ongoing global food crisis and advocating forestry and farmland investments.  In a recent quarterly letter on his GMO website, Grantham stated the following:

“We are about five years into a chronic global food crisis that is unlikely to fade for many decades…Food production will need to increase 60 to 100 percent by 2050 in order to adequately feed the more than 9 billion people who will populate the Earth.   Farming and forestry are at the top of the list for alternative investments.   Serious long-term investors should have a very substantial overweighting in a resource package.”

This pretty much confirms what we at GreenWorld have been advocating all along.  GreenWorld was founded to make alternative asset classes such as forestry investments and farmland investments available to retail investors, and hearing a legendary investor like Jeremy Grantham say the same thing leads us to believe we are on the right track.

Contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com to learn more.

“Until recently there were not many opportunities for socially conscious investors — either institutional or individual — to pursue financial returns and the greater good with the same investment. But that’s all changing, thanks to the emerging field of impact investing, and the impact investors who are building a new kind of marketplace in which financial and social returns are closely linked.”

From our carbon credit investments, to our bamboo investment, and our ethical African farmland investment, we at GreenWorld allow you to invest for both financial and broader social impact.

Wheat price makes farmland a high yield investment

We have just coom across another excellent little article from our favorite investor.  In this article, Jim Rogers once again discusses why he believes agriculture investments such a great place to be right now.  According to Rogers:

“Various problems point to higher agricultural prices, and investors should buy now. Any weather problems will have big effects because of the dire situation in farming. Agriculture will be one of the best sectors of the world economy for years as I have told you often,” he said.

Consider the following logic.  If prices for agriculture commodities such as wheat are high, then those investors who own farmland will naturally benefit from a quite high dividend yield when the wheat crop is sold into the marketplace.  In a low or zero interest rate world, many retail investors are searching for secure high yield investments for income.  Whilst many may “reach for yield” by investing in risky assets such as high yield bonds or other esoteric investments, farmland as an investment can provide the same high (or even higher)  dividend yield without the dangerous exposure to an unsteady financial system that more risky financial assets do.

Luckily for individuals, it is now possible to invest directly into the “real asset” of farmland, and GreenWorld is leading the way with three direct farmland projects with low minimums investment requires.  Please visit our section on investing in farmland, wher you can look over our projects in African European and Australian farmland.  Please do contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com to receive more detailed information.

The effects of QE - Hedge Against Inflation Before its' Too Late!

Whilst farmland investment has not been considered by many individuals, there are some excellent reasons for savvy investors to consider farmland as an investment.  When discussing farmland investments, GreenWorld are not talking about agricultural funds, but rather about direct investment in farmland.

One reason in particular to consider farmland as an investment is that as a “hard asset”, farmland investments are also an excellent inflation hedge. With western central banks having already engaged in extensive Quantatative Easing (QE), and likely to engage in further QE as well, investors would be well-advised to consider adding an inflation hedge of some kind.  Just to take one example, a farmland investment in Europe in Central or Eastern Europe Europe in one of the new EU countries where the price of farmland is cheaper than in the UK or France is a good option to consider. As an alternative, GreenWorld’s Farmland investment in Africa is also an excellent way to obtain both good current income as well as as to hedge against the inevitable inflationary impact of QE.

“Such problems point to higher agricultural prices, and investors should buy now. Any weather problems will have big effects because of the dire situation in farming. Agriculture will be one of the best sectors of the world economy for years as I have told you often,” he said.

Rogers continues to put his money where his mouth is, as he personally has a large amount of money invested in a farmland fund in Australia.  Whilst Rogers’ farmland fund is targeted at the very rich and institutional investors, you can still access the farmland asset class with GreenWorld’s three farmland investments targeted at individual retail investors:

African farmland investment

European farmland investment

Australian farmland investment

Please contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com for more information!