* What are its features?
The fund is the first of its kind in Australia. It seeks investments in all parts of the value chain from food production to consumption via stakes in listed companies worldwide.

Beef producer Australian Agricultural Co is one of 35 stocks included in the new global fund. This will eventually be expanded to 60.
The companies could be involved in land and plantations, seeds and fertilisers, equipment manufacturing for planting and harvesting, crop protection, water and irrigation, aquaculture, biofuels, the marketing and sales of agriculture and food products, and climate services.

The constant factor is that they play an integral part in the global food supply chain. China and India are driving demand for food as they industrialise.
* What are its advantages?

It seeks to feed off the trend for agriculture and food production to become a global business.
The fund already manages $US186 million ($235 million) and is expected to grow to $US4-5 billion in time.
Deutsche launched its global agribusiness fund in Singapore last September and has since rolled it out to Europe and Hong Kong.

It will shortly be launched in Japan and the US.
Since September, the fund has performed well ahead of its broad benchmark, the MSCI World Index -- delivering 17.7 per cent, against MSCI's 9.

6 per cent.
* What does it cost?
Minimum investment $25,000 plus 0.

95 per cent annual management fee.
* Any drawbacks?
It is designed as a long-term investment option, based on changing demographics.

Natural disasters can cut food production and profitability.
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