Agriculture News (11 articles)

Feeding the world: the crisis, risks and opportunities.

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 22 January 2013 Thematic News

The Food and Agriculture organisation estimates that $83 billion per annum needs to be spent over the next 30 to 40 years in order to actually meet the population’s food requirements by 2050. But the need for solutions that are both sustainable and ethical is increasingly required. We ask Ecclesiastical Invesment Management how they see the future of investing in such solutions and why...

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Global | Agriculture | Ecclesiastical

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Behind Pictet's Agriculture Fund

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 1 March 2012 Fund News

We find out about the Pictet-Agriculture Fund: what it invests in and what it won't invest in; what makes agriculture the largest employer worldwide and where the investment opportunities lie.

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| Agriculture | Pictet

Fairtrade Fortnight Starts Today

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 27 February 2012 Thematic News

Fairtrade’s marketing fortnight, known as “Fairtrade Fortnight”, starts Monday 27th February, and aims to promote the brand which helps farmers in developing countries earn a fair price and farm sustainably.

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Scientists Call for Research into Sustainable Agriculture

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 6 February 2012 Thematic News

Food is a problem for the world in the future for three main reasons. Firstly, the growth in population; secondly, the change in diet of a significant part of the population as they become wealthier and; thirdly, climate change which is likley to disrupt farming and productivity worldwide. But despite this it has not yet taken centre stage in world debate. Jeremy Grantham sees mass starvation as a distinct possibility in...

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Could UK farms benefit from Climate Change?

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 9 January 2012 Thematic News

Recent evidence suggests that the effects of climate change could benefit UK farming. Higher temperatures could make UK farms more productive and more competitive internationally, but water scarcity remains an issue. Predictions for other countries look more bleak, particularly in dry areas.

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UK | Agriculture

Business as usual not Good Enough for Sustainable Agriculture

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 21 November 2011 Thematic News

An independent group of highly regarded scientists from across the globe have released a report on the need for practices to change on a local and global level if we want to adapt to climate change, population growth, and scarcity of resources. These highlight more reasons to look at thematic investment, particularly in Environmental or Agriculture funds.

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| Agriculture, Multi-thematic, Environmental

The 2011 Climate Change Investment Awards Conference

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 10 November 2011 Thematic News | Market News

Incisive Media hosted a Climate Change investment Conference and investment Awards today at the Bloomsbury Hotel on Great Russell Street. The conference was well received and delegates were priveleged to listen to Dr David Kennedy, Chief Executive of the UK Government's Committe on Climate Change talk about the UK Government's carbon budget and the implications on policy.

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Global | Water, Forestry, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Multi-thematic, Environmental, Carbon | Pictet, Henderson

7 billion people on the planet creates investment opportunities

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 31 October 2011 Thematic News

The UN have estimated that today, October 31st, is the day that the population reaches 7 billion. Experts disagree about whether this is a day to be celebrated, or that it represents the inevitability of resource scarcity and inability for the world to live within its means.

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Global | Water, Forestry, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Multi-thematic, Environmental

Water and Conflict

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 26 August 2011 Thematic News

Water scarcity is likely to become a more important issue as we continue into the 21st century. Although over 70% of the earth's surface is water, less than 1% of this is freshwater we are able to drink. With rising population and changing living conditions in the developing world, demand for water is growing rapidly. Together with the risk of climate change limiting supply of water into the future, this could potentially lead to conflicts of water allocation.

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Global | Water, Agriculture, Environmental

'Paradigm Shift' in Commodity Prices

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 3 July 2011 Thematic News

Jeremy Grantham, chief investment strategist at GMO, highlights the green investment opportunities of increased scarcity. In his second quarterly letter of 2011 he discusses pressures on energy, metal and agriculture as a result of limited supply and increasing population and consumption.

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Global, US | Agriculture, Environmental

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