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What are the Plantations International Social Media Profiles?

In today’s digital world, social media has become one of the most important ways for companies to communicate directly with the public, and Plantations International has embraced that opportunity to help educate people globally about agriculture as a long-term asset class. Through its growing online presence, Plantations International shares insights into sustainable farming, plantation development, agroforestry, global food demand, and the increasing importance of real productive assets in an uncertain economic environment. Plantations International believes education is critical, particularly at a time when many individuals are searching for more tangible, inflation-resistant sectors connected to real-world demand and long-term global growth. Across [...]

Fake Plantation Investment Scam

Plantations International Exposes How a Fake Plantation Investment Scam works The internet has made it incredibly easy to fake success. A decent looking website, some drone footage downloaded from YouTube, a few stock photos of tropical fruit plantations, and suddenly a scammer can present themselves as the owner of a massive agricultural empire. That’s the frightening reality of today’s fake plantation investment scams. In many cases, there is no plantation at all. No land ownership. No crops. No farm workers. No harvest operations. Just marketing designed to separate people from their money. And honestly, some of these websites look impressive. That’s [...]

How Agriculture is the Best Investment for Creating Generational Wealth

When most people think about agriculture, their minds often drift to vast fields of crops like wheat, corn, or vegetables. However, there’s another form of agriculture that offers even greater potential for long-term income: perennial crops. Perennial crops are plants that live for more than two years and continue to produce yield season after season without the need for replanting. Unlike annual crops, which must be sown and harvested each year, perennials, such as fruit trees, provide investors with a reliable and consistent source of income over many years. This unique characteristic makes perennial crops a particularly attractive option for those [...]

War in Ukraine Pushes Food Prices to Record High: FAO

The surge in food prices accelerated after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of wheat and corn. Global food prices have hit record levels in the wake of the Ukraine war, the latest data from the Food and Agriculture Organization shows, raising concerns over food security and the conflict's impact on vulnerable populations across the world. The U.N.'s food price index rose to 159.3 in March, up 17.9 points, or 13%, from February and jumped 34% from a year ago. The index measures the monthly change in international prices for a basket of [...]

Plantations International Joins United Nations Global Compact

The Plantations International Group of Companies is very pleased to announce that is been accepted into the prestigious United Nations Global Compact. Plantations International pledges to support the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact on human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption. With this communication, we express our intent to implement those principles. We are committed to making the UN Global Compact and its principles part of the strategy, culture, and day-to-day operations of our group, and to engaging in collaborative projects which advance the broader development goals of the United Nations, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals. Plantations International has [...]

Precision Farming is the Future of Food Production

We are all familiar with rice, oil palm, rubber and durian. Rubber is grown for rubber latex, which finds wide use in thousands of products that have served us all well. Lately, rubber gloves, in high demand due to the pandemic, have emerged as a big money-maker. The export of rubberwood furniture has earned big bucks for the country. One estimate has put the income from rubberwood furniture as more than RM10 billion. The oil palm is the nation's golden crop, bringing in around RM80 billion each year. Although about 80 per cent of palm oil end up as food, a [...]

Africa’s Untapped Bamboo Potential
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Africa’s Untapped Bamboo Potential

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Africa’s Untapped Bamboo Potential

Bamboo The Miracle Crop THE new economic force is generating income, creating jobs and protecting the environment. It is a “wonder plant” that is uniquely blessed. Agronomists in Africa believe it can restore degraded landscapes while economists think it is a potential “green gold,” and a silver bullet for design and architecture that is already attracting a global market. Bamboo—the highly versatile giant grass that can grow in almost any kind of climate and thrive in the poorest of soils—has been in existence for hundreds of years in Asia, Latin America and parts of Africa. Yet for a long time the [...]