Feeding the world: The case for global agribusiness

AGRICULTURE

François Zagamé, portfolio manager at Skandia Investment Group, puts forward the case for investing in global agribusinesses

Climate change, population growth and increased urbanisation are just some of the phenomena putting growing pressure on global food resources and will ultimately force humans to change and adapt the way they eat and produce their food. A few industries and companies involved across the food production cycle (or ‘agribusiness’) are set to benefit from this long-term secular trend and so present some very compelling investment opportunities. There are several key factors why agribusiness is a high growth segment. On the demand side, the world’s population is growing rapidly; the Food an...