India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > News > Commodities boom drives up land values > Commodities boom drives up land values

Commodities boom drives up land values [1]

With prices of commercial and residential property falling, investors are increasingly turning to a more traditional asset: farmland. Long seen as a declining industry, farming has received a fillip in the last few months as global demand for food has increased. As a result, the cost of agricultural holdings across the European Union has risen to record levels.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2008
Andrew Bounds [2]
Financial Times [3]
Tags:
Land [4], Agriculture [5], Farmers [6], Europe [7], European Union (EU) [8]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/commodities-boom-drives-land-values

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/commodities-boom-drives-land-values
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/andrew-bounds
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-times-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu