Topic: UKLI Land
Incease in income, climate change, growth in energy prices, globalisation and urbanisation are changing food consumption and creating biofuel demand. and created a new world food demand supply equation.
Land prices in the UK have increased by 15 to 30 percent in the past year, with a broad average now of £4,500 per acre. Other countries in central and eastern Europe have experienced gains of 10 to 15 per cent.
The woes of the stock markets are having a countercyclical investment impact on agriculture as investors see a lower risk environment for investment in the case of UK land markets with good capital growth prospect moving forward.