Agriculture Outsourcing: South America/Latin America farmland investing

Dave Ramaswamy, Partner - allied Venture gives an overview of why Agriculture in South America has excellent fundamentals and is well-positioned to feed the burgeoning population in India and the world. Contract farming - can grow soya, wheat,sunflower, peanut, beans and pulses, sugarcane, jatropha and take output to india in raw or processed forms Food processing - setup/acquire oilseed crushing, fruit/vegetable processing facilities Think Agricultural Outsourcing - just like India in software, China in hardware - South America in agriculture Contact: Marcos or Dave at info@alliedventure.com www.alliedventure.com Latin America farmland investment highlights: Prices have fallen due to the global crisis; good entry point in 2009 for long-term investors. Farmland Prices are even lower than those in punjab and tamilnadu Productivity in Argentina/Brazil/Uruguay is three times compared to that in India, in the case of some crops like soy. No unskilled labour problem since everything is mechanised and outsourced; 1000 hectare farm can be managed by 3 to 4 subcontracted workmen. Use of latest agricultural machines and equipment; skilled agronomists and farm managers available. No water problem.. South America has 20% of world freshwater reserves. Logistics, warehouse and transportation world class Clear land titles; low population density means no land squatters. No limits on size of foreign land holdings. Context: India has been importing more than billion dollar worth soy oil and sunflower oil from south america every yr India also buys wheat and sugar from time to time India needs to invest in farmland overseas as it is doing in the case of petroleum fields. Issue of food security. In India, population increases by 15-18 million every year, adding a new Argentina every 32 months, new Brazil every 10 years. Farmland area is diminishing due to expanding industry, commerce and residences For more info contact: Treinta y Tres 1334, Of. 401 Montevideo 11000 - Uruguay Tel.: +598 (2) 916.2600 From USA:  +1 (305)  722 1275 From UK:    +44 (20) 3026 0037