Fields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the
financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in …

Since the global financial crisis, the world has seen a stark rise in financial investment in
farming and agricultural production. Indeed, finance has been identified as one of the main …

Drawing on several years of fieldwork-based research on and in the “farmland investment
space”, this paper argues that a combined reading of debates on assets and assetization in …

This paper provides a review of the studies that have examined the efficiency of the real
estate market. Existing evidence suggests that real estate market segments (ie, housing …

The theory of portfolio selection has often been applied to help improve economic decisions
about the environment. Applying this theory requires information on the covariance of …

Off‐farm investment decisions of farm households are analyzed. Farm‐level data for a
sample of Kansas farms observed from 1994 through 2000 are utilized. A system of …

A high level of fragmentation of farmland ownership is an important underlying cause of land
degradation and, at the same time, an obstacle to sustainable land management. This study …

There has been massive investment in agricultural assets including farmland, handling and
trading, technology, fertilizer, and others. A number of studies have analyzed investing in …

Barry's research on farm real estate returns suggests that when farm assets are viewed as a
part of the nation's wealth portfolio, returns are not persistently low, as is commonly asserted …

This article demonstrates that farmland can enhance the overall performance of institutional
portfolios which are currently dominated by stocks, bonds, and business real estate. Unlike …