However, do increasing food prices show us that the demographic trend is not only a good thing?
Naumer: This is in fact a great challenge. For example, prosperity and population growth have caused meat consumption to grow by a factor of six from 1944 to 2004. In production however, one kilogram of meat corresponds to seven kilograms of wheat. This increases the demand for cultivated land several times over. But even here I see an investment opportunity that everyone can benefit from. For example, an investment in agribusiness companies is not only an investment in companies that profit from this demand trend, it also makes capital available to these companies so that they can increase efficiency and expand production. The investment could possibly lead food price decreases.
