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Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 6:04pm On Jan 17, 2018
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Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 6:21pm On Jan 17, 2018
Making Money through Agriculture, feeding the nation
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 10:12am On Jan 18, 2018
Investing in long-term change Foresight is needed to avoid running into another food crisis 20 or 30 years from now. In addition to investing in early solutions or technologies that are likely to become available in the next 5 to 10 years, strategic investments are needed to sustain and even accelerate the rate of progress over time. This requires large, stable investments in two major areas: (1) agricultural research with potentially high payoffs and (2) strengthening the capacity of National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), including human resources development at all levels, from science to extension215,216. For some 10,000 years farming made progress through observation, tinkering and trial and error. Organized agricultural research has only been conducted for about 200 years. Its success has been spectacular, leading to a steady accumulation of knowledge as well as massive breakthroughs in the performance of agriculture. It has been demonstrated numerous times that rates of return on investment in agricultural R&grin are high in both developed and developing countriesz , that spillover of innovations among countries is substantial, and that investments in R&grin often have large, long-lasting cross-sectoral growth benefits4,215,217-219. It has also been shown that countries that have heavily invested in R&grin, extension, and measures that favor long-term business and infrastructure development for commercialization of new knowledge and technologies have also had the strongest productivity growth5,220. Further, investments in R&grin can have significant impacts on productivity growth even in the absence of improvements in infrastructure or extension, whereas the reverse is usually not the case5 . Despite this track record and a modest increase in funding in recent years, agricultural R&grin expenditures remain far too low in most countries. In 2008/9, global public spending on agricultural R&grin totaled about US$32-34 billion, split about evenly between high-income and low/middle-income countries163,221. Private sector investments add another US$15-20 billion, 90% of which is in high-income countries. Altogether agriculture and food only account for about 5% of total global science spending. Moreover, Brazil, China and India alone account for half of all agricultural R&grin spending in the low/medium income category, whereas many low- and middle-income countries still have very limited R&grin capacity. It has been estimated that nearly half of the world's agricultural science knowledge stock has been generated by just seven countries, with the USA, Japan, and China accounting for one third221. There is no plausible reason for why returns on investments in agricultural R&grin could be lower in the future. Investments in public agricultural research should be doubled within theshould be doubled within the next 10 years215 and

they need to be of a long-term, strategic nature, not driven by short-term thinking and bureaucracy that causes high transaction costs. Although private sector funding for agricultural R&grin has risen substantially in recent years, questions must be raised as to whether it can really substitute for public R&D222. Generally speaking, private sector R&grin is concentrated on fewer commodities, technologies and markets than public R&grin and the intellectual property created is not equally accessible. Moreover, a decline in public sector funding would also lead to a decline in basic research needed to create new technology opportunities for the private sector, as well as a decline in the training of human resources needed by the private sector. Hence, a balanced approach is needed, including increased investments in public R&grin on agriculture and food systems, but with better R&grin funding mechanisms that create more space for scientists to actually be able to do creative science. Larger, more predictable and less restrictive support for R&grin involves investing in strong pipelines of both basic and applied research. Both are interlinked and need to be funded in parallel. Many exciting new ideas have been proposed or are already being pursued by research groups worldwide, addressing fundamental questions in agricultural sciences223,224. Most of them require large, longer-term public and private sector investment and effective collaboration of scientists worldwide. Some examples for potential future breakthroughs are shown in Box 4-6. Investing in creating and retaining a new generation of agricultural scientists and professionals – including more women – will be vital for achieving any of the post-2015 agricultural goals. Huge human resource gaps persist in many developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with the exception of China and India also in most countries of Asia. A generation gap is opening up due to retirements and lacking investments in human resources development during the past 20 years. We can achieve a lot with new technologies, but only if we have dedicated people who develop them, make sure that they meet farmers’ and businesses’ needs, and bring them towards application. Robots, computers, the internet or smartphones cannot do this. They are helpful tools, but not the primary means for innovation and enacting behavior change in the complex world of agriculture. Public science education on food, agricultural and environmental issues needs to be strengthened all the way from primary education to college. Curricula should be upgraded to include the best available science of sustainable agricultural intensification in an exciting manner, thus encouraging young people to become part of the transformative changes needed by seeking a career in the agriculture and food sectors. A global classroom, a network of knowledge centers who become global, regional and national leaders in agricultural sustainability science and practice, should be formed to raise the profile of agricultural science, mobilize action, connect young people worldwide, and also educate business executives and political leaders. National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS)aa are the backbone of agricultural development in a country, but many will require a complete overhaul and even whole new models in order to be able to fulfill their mandate. At present, many are too weak in terms of human capital, infrastructure, operational funding, incentives, management and governance to undertake the work that will be required216. In many countries, NARS still depend highly on donor funding, which also creates volatility risks for pursuing a long-term national agenda. While international donors should be encouraged to invest more in both international and national agricultural R&grin systems, most low- to middle-income

countries should also aim to spend at least 1% of their agricultural GDP to support public agricultural

R&grin in their country. At present, most developing countries spend only about 0.5% of agricultural GDP

on R&D163. Modernization of NARS and greater financial support should be an integral component of

comprehensive national agricultural development and investment strategies, following an integrated, inclusive approach that is country-owned. Many good suggestions have been made and various new models have already been tried in recent years for modernizing national agricultural research as well as extension systems216,226. Box 4-6. Blue-sky research that could lead to future transformative changes in agriculture and food systems

• Massive discovery of genes’ functions by sequencing and phenotyping the world’s collections of wild and domesticated crop and animal species, and using that know-how in conventional and biotechnology applications for accelerating next generation crop and animal breeding. The revolutions in biological sciences and information technology have put this exciting opportunity at our fingertips. Potential returns on such investments are huge and broad, including for small farms worldwide.

• Re-engineering crop photosynthesis to increase yields and make crops more resource-efficient. Introducing C4-photosynthesis into a C3 crop such as rice could produce 30-50% more yield for the same amount of sunshine, water and nitrogen. The metabolic components already exist in C3 rice plants. However, the anatomical and biochemical features of C4 plants must be understood and transferred to rice plants. This is currently being pursued by a group of scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and advanced institutions around the world in the international C4 Rice Consortium, who hope to construct a functioning C4 rice plant within the next 20 years113.

• Genetic improvements to increase the nitrogen use efficiency in non-leguminous crops, including engineering a mechanism for fixing atmospheric N2 into such crop species225. The three major cereals (rice, wheat, maize) account for about 50% of global nitrogen fertilizer consumption. A breakthrough in nitrogen use efficiency of such staple crops would help decouple rising food production from rising fertilizer consumption, and make farming more profitable.

• Cost-effective small-scale production of ammonia integrated with renewable energy generation to meet local fertilizer supply needs and “store” energy in fertilizer to buffer intermittent supplies of electrical energy41.

• Smart fertilizer technologies and/or genetic improvements that could double the crop recovery efficiency of applied phosphorus fertilizer. Typically, only 20-25% of the P applied with fertilizer is recovered by the crop in the first growing season. Although it can be increased through better nutrient management and stewardship programs in low-performing areas, new technology could enable increasing short- and/or long-term phosphorus efficiency. This would be more profitable for farmers, and also reduce the risk of P losses.

• Next generation biofuels and other bioenergy solutions that are more energy efficient, use crop residues and biomass waste, and don’t consume more agricultural land or natural ecosystems.

• Environment-independent, self-sustained skyfarming118 or other forms of vertical urban agriculture and horticulture, as part of local food chains.

• Semi-autonomous farm robots for precision farming at different scales, including for performing tasks that are difficult, laborious or dangerous to humans.

• Edible, commercially viable 'synthetic' meat grown under controlled, energy-efficient conditions to replace livestock products.

• New products made from agricultural by-products and waste, including recycling of chemical elements for other uses.

• Innovative payment and (digital) monitoring schemes for environmental services that incentivize the implementation of high ecological and social standards at landscape scale.

• Food market system innovations that can incentivize species and landscape diversity in agriculture, e.g.,whole new storage facilities and computerized delivery systems for diverse products.

Generally speaking, there is a need to (i) move from supply-driven to demand-driven agricultural

innovation systems that focus on the right priorities, including active participation by key stakeholders,

and (ii) simplify the increasing complexity, fragmentation and lack of coordination of agricultural R&grin

funding. New, visionary R&grin funding models are needed that

• Are founded in strategic long-term thinking;

• Have a clear outcome-focus and reward quality science and proven impact;

• Enable public-private collaboration in R&grin and extension to cover all areas sufficiently and make

faster progress;

• Encourage open access to information, data and other intellectual properties;

• Create a viable market for R&grin outputs and innovation services;

• Enhance cross-border learning, cooperation and technology spillover;

• Stimulate more private investments in R&grin and direct it to areas of public interest, including

attracting new investors such as venture capital and social impact investors;

• Systematically improve public R&grin infrastructure; and

• Build human capital.
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 11:55am On Jan 18, 2018
i think agriculture is the next big investment that can stand the taste of time
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 7:51pm On Jan 18, 2018
Season and Time is also a major factor when it comes to agribusiness and this is where most people fail
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 9:00am On Jan 19, 2018
Good day guys, have you ever stopped to ask what your banks do with your money, or what investment they put your money into?, well, you might be surprised to hear that AGRICULTURE one of the streams of investments they dealing in, currently. why? The International Institute of Finance, the International Finance Corporation, Banking Environment Initiative alongside the World bank group sustainable finance initiative as well as Central Banks have all made it a point of duty for commercial, mortgage, merchant banks and other financial institutions to diversify into SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT/ GREEN FINANCING/ ETHICAL BANK and so on and this has snow balled into the purchase of GREEN BONDS, CARBON CREDITS, also INVESTMENT AGRICULTURAL and so on. So far there have been tremendous profit increase on the part of the Bankers, BUT YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK NEVER INCREASES. It is just a smart way of turning the BUSINESS OF BUSINESS, BEING BUSINESS into the BUSINESS OF BUSINESS, BEING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS.... not to further bore you with a lot of info, google for more. AGIB INVESTMENT is just biting from this initiative. Its just so sad that we allow investment platforms for outside the country to sweep us off our feet into investing with them and they take our money back to there country/ economic for further development and economic growth while we wallow in stunted economic growth and wiggle through crooked development. This is a chance to flow with this diversification from crude, as crude oil suffers threats of extinction. AGIB INVESTMENTS is a registered platform for you to virtually practice agriculture, while you watch your money grow over time. You doubting? you can't get more convinced except you try it. thinking about the risk? well worry not, you can calculate it yourself, RISK = PROBABILITY X SEVERITY OF OUTCOME .... we have done it and i can tell you it is very low. INVEST WISELY.
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 6:17pm On Jan 19, 2018
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Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 12:03pm On Jan 20, 2018
There are many reasons to invest in agriculture: it is a low-risk investment that keeps pace with inflation and increases in value over the long-term, it is a tangible asset that provides benefit to the community, and it can diversify a portfolio. But how exactly does an investment like this make money? Depending on the investment and the type of farm, investors can profit through several different ways. We’ve covered five of the most common ways agriculture generates returns below.



Yield

Investors can make money from cash flow from crops that are harvested. Most crops are annual, but in some locations there can be multiple harvests per year. In certain cases, these yields are secured via long-term contracts with tenant farmers or from customers who agree to purchase the crops. It is also important to note that crop insurance, which protects the farmer in the event of a catastrophe, also protects the investor. This means that even if crops are destroyed or their revenue declines due to declines in commodity prices, the farmer will still receive funds with which they can pay their lease.



Land Appreciation

Farmland is a limited resource in the sense that almost all arable land in the United States is already in use. Farmable land has decreased due to urban sprawl and land development, making the remaining land even more valuable. Because of this, farmland is appreciating value, which is beneficial for investors. Residential development can also cause farmland to increase in value; if the land is located close to a residential area, the land value increases with the potential to sell the land as development encroaches.



Forced Equity

Much like in real estate, an investor can add value to their property by making improvements. In agriculture, this can include turning raw land into crops or pastureland. Also, swapping out lower end crops such as commodity or row crops to higher end crops like trees, or converting farmland from conventional farming to higher return organic farming can increase the value of the investment. Equity can also be built by improving the buildings and infrastructure on the land. These changes will increase the value of the land and can lead to larger profits when the investor decides to sell it.



Other Income

There are many different ways to generate income on farmland, and many of them are unrelated to the crops being grown. If the farmland contains a large body of water, water rights can be sold or rented. For farmland that is located near a major road, there may be an opportunity to generate income from billboards placed on the land or from cell and radio towers that are built. In some cases, it may be possible to sell recreation or hunting leases on timberland or near waterways.



Principal Pay Down

In addition to forced equity, farmland can naturally accumulate equity in a similar way that real estate accumulates equity as mortgage payments are made. If there is a note (debt) on the land, income from the farm will be used to pay down the principle, and equity will begin to accumulate.



Investing in agriculture may not provide immediate returns, but over the long-term, it can pay off greatly. There is much less volatility in farmland and timberland than in other types of investments, meaning adding agriculture to your investment portfolio can provide continual stability with the potential for an annual income
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 3:06pm On Jan 20, 2018
When Nelson Mandela was studying law at the University, a white professor, whose last name was Peters, disliked him intensely.


One day, Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room when Mandela came along with his tray & sat next to the professor.

The professor said,
"Mr Mandela, you do not understand, a pig & a bird do not sit together to eat"

Mandela looked at him as a parent would a rude child & calmly replied,
"You do not worry professor. I'll fly away,"
& he went & sat at another table.

Mr. Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge.


The next day in class he posed the following question:
"Mr. Mandela, if you were walking down the street & found a package, & within was a bag of wisdom & another bag with money, which one would you take ?"


Without hesitating, Mandela responded, "The one with the money, of course."

Mr. Peters , smiling sarcastically said,
"I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom."


Nelson Mandela shrugged & responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have."


Mr. Peters, by this time was fit to be tied. So great was his anger that he wrote on Nelson Mandela's exam sheet the word "IDIOT"
& gave it to Mandela.

Mandela took the exam sheet & sat down at his desk trying very hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move.


A few minutes later, Nelson Mandela got up, went to the professor & told him in a dignified polite tone,

"Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade."

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Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Moheat(m): 10:01am On Jan 21, 2018
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Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 8:13pm On Jan 21, 2018
There is now a large body of evidence showing that agricultural growth has a high poverty reduction payoff and that it leads to disproportionate
income increases for the poorest in poor countries. Further, agricultural
investment has been shown to yield higher income gains for the poor than
non-agricultural investment
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 10:31am On Jan 22, 2018
Dreams don't come true by dreaming a dream over and over again. A DREAM written down with a date becomes a GOAL. A GOAL broken down into steps becomes a PLAN. A PLAN backed by ACTION makes your DREAMS REALITY. Wake up to the REALITY of your DREAM and take a STEP. AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT at your finger tips.
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Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 5:38pm On Jan 22, 2018
Dreams don't come true by dreaming a dream over and over again. A DREAM written down with a date becomes a GOAL. A GOAL broken down into steps becomes a PLAN. A PLAN backed by ACTION makes your DREAMS REALITY. Wake up to the REALITY of your DREAM and take a STEP. AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT at your finger tips.
Some didn't believe when we started but those who did are our living testimony. Is not late yet, BE PART OF IT.
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 5:27pm On Jan 23, 2018
its when resources are put together that sustainable development can be achieve through agriculture
Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 1:54pm On Jan 25, 2018
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Re: Agricultural Investment Platform by Biddy45: 11:51am On Jan 27, 2018
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