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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

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