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DWS Global Agribusiness Fund

DollarDEX has just introduced a new fund, the DWS Global Agribusiness Fund. This Fund is theme-based globally and intends to invest from agricultural commodities to consumer products. It invests into promising companies in land and plantation, seed and fertilizer, planting, harvesting, protecting and irrigation, food processing and manufacturing companies, offering investors the opportunity to capture value at various points along the "food chain". Consider the following statistics: There are now 80 million new mouths to feed every year. By 2030, the United Nations estimates that demand for agricultural products will be about 60% higher than today. Developing markets are seeing an increase in annual protein intake of 11% to 15% We now have about half the arable land per person that we had 40 years ago. In 2030, China's meat consumption will be more than double the 1997 levels of 41kg. The DWS Global Agribusiness Fund is basically a play on the fact that it is expected to