Investment opportunities in food production in LDCs

The potential food deficit in many developing countries creates opportunities for foreign commercial investment in food production. The factors influencing the profitability of such investment — agricultural, economic, social, political and investment factors — are examined in this article. Dr Schmid has used these five factors to identify a number of countries where the potential for profitable investment is high. He illustrates the range of good investment opportunities by describing the potential of eight countries — Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Pakistan, Thailand, Kenya, the Malagasy Republic and the Sudan.