Family farms produce 80 percent of world's food, speculators seek land

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite renewed interest in industrial agriculture by investment banks and sovereign wealth funds, more than 80 percent of the world's food is still produced by family farmers, according to new U.N. research published on Thursday.

Boris Johnson: Britain needs 'gigantic' pension funds to help build new roads

Britain's public sector pensions should be merged to create "gigantic" sovereign wealth fund which can invest in the roads, railways and airports that "this country is crying out for", Boris Johnson has said.