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OpinionWhy pension funds are buying farmland—and what it means for food security
Institutional investors are treating farmland as an inflation hedge, transforming agricultural land into a store of value rather than a productive asset. The shift changes tenant arrangements and long-term food resilience in ways public debate has yet to reckon with.
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Institutional investors are treating farmland as an inflation hedge, transforming agricultural land into a store of value rather than a productive asset. The shift changes tenant arrangements and long-term food resilience in ways public debate has yet to reckon with.
ScienceScientific consensus now forms faster but fragments sooner
The same forces that allow scientific fields to reach apparent consensus more quickly—preprints, open data, and social media—also enable dissenting voices to sustain parallel research programmes indefinitely, creating a paradox with profound implications for public trust.
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