Farm Land Grab - CIS

Institutions are blazing a trail in CIS farming... "In most parts of the world, farming has traditionally been the domain of families and vertically integrated agro-processors. But the food price spikes in 2007-08 highlighted imbalances in the global supply and demand of food commodities, and doubled the price of wheat. Since then, interest in farming from a new class of institutional investors — including hedge, endowment, pension, private equity and sovereign wealth funds — has surged. - See more at: http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/22867#sthash.IK43PIJ4.dpuf"