Country Life: Where to invest in farmland

Andrew Shirley writes:An increasing global population will need more food. That food has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere could well be Ukraine, where the price of top-quality arable soil is far lower than in other countries. Land values are projected to rise from an initial investment of $1, 500/hectare to $5, 000/hectare within five years. Read the story here.
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Ukraine sees almost 1 percent inflation in October Ukraine had inflation of 0.9% in October 2009 and has seen inflation of 10.1% since the start of the year, the State Statistics Committee reported on Saturday. Producer prices grew by 1.9% in October and have risen by 12.7% since early 2009.
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Delinquent borrowers return about Hr 27 million in loan funds to banks, says security service Delinquent borrowers have returned Hr 26.9 million in loans back to a number of banks, the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine reported on Friday.
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Naftogaz may face problems paying for November gas imports The Ukrainian national energy monopoly Naftogaz of Ukraine will face problems with the payment for natural gas imported from Russia's Gazprom in November, Ukrainian presidential envoy for international energy security Bohdan Sokolovsky said in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channel Inter.
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Economy Ministry confirms GDP fall forecast for 2009 at 12% Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to fall by 12% in 2009, forecasts Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn.
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Fitch Ratings on Nov. 6, 2009, upgraded Ukraine-based OJSC Naftogaz's Long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratingsto 'CCC', from restricted Default, Fitch said in a statement.
Yesterday at 17:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
New generation satellite technologies to be implemented in Ukraine The National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSA) and Europe's Blom have confirmed their readiness to develop cooperation in the sphere of implementing a new generation of satellite technologies in Ukraine, the NSA has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Yesterday at 16:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Record-sized tanker docks at Ukrainian port The Kassos Warrior cargo tanker docked on Oct. 31 at Yuzhny Port, one of the country’s biggest on the Black Sea coast.
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EU warns Yushchenko over Russian gas payment, IMF The European Union urged Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko on Nov. 5 to prevent any delays in payments for Russian gas that might affect gas flows to EU citizens, and expressed concerns over disruption of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.
Two days ago at 21:43 | Reuters
Macroeconomic Briefs Budget deficit continues to widen; European Union mulls 500 million euro loanl; Steel output jumps in October.
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GM boss: US aid can be used to fix Opel if needed DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. could tap some of the US dollars 50 billion in aid it has received from the U.S. government to help finance its plan to restructure its European Opel unit, GM's top executive said Thursday.
Two days ago at 19:30 | Associated Press