SLK INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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| SRI LANKA COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP |
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| PT.SLK INTERNASIONAL NETWORK - JLN SUDIRMAN, JAKARTA |
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| UNIT 1010, 10TH FLOOR, MIRAMAR TOWER, KOWLOON, HONG KONG |
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| MENARA KECK SENG, KL, MALAYSIA |
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| 33F, OFFICE AT KECK SENG TOWER |
SLK INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED is a joint Government of Sri Lanka's tourism industry to explore and develop the financial investment company with combination of agricultural ecological environment and property development.
The aim is to develop new tourism markets and the origin of eco-green island in Sri Lanka. Currently, the company has successfully acquired (5000 hectares) of agricultural land in 1st phase with 99 years of the land rights. On top of that, SLK is in the process of acquiring the 2nd stage of land purchase (5000 ha) for property development. International appraisers for the land : Market value estimated worth $ 1,000,000,000.
The company joint ventured with several Main Board Listed companies in China ,Hong Kong and Germany to kick of with Sri Lanka projects.
SLK has been established by professionals with a clear vision to provide world class management advisory services to several facets of the enterprise in the Private, Government and Non-Government Sectors.
The group, having its substantial presence in Asia has additional locations in the Indonesia, China, Malaysia and Singapore.
SLK is head quartered in Indonesia with auxiliary head offices in COLOMBO SRI LANKA . We, at SLK, have an excellent understanding of the local economy, laws and procedures, which enables us to provide full assistance throughout every step of the business formation process, however, our services do not stop here.
We also provide a unique capacity to empower clients with actionable information, trends, strategies and forecasts that can help develop, grow and manage changes in the near future. Specializing in international corporate law, SLK aims to be established as the market leader in this field. Due to our vast experience, we are able to offer clients assistance with all aspects of offshore company formation, nominee service through lawyers and corporate & offshore bank accounts with the world’s leading financial institutions which can include services such as online banking, credit cards and cheque books.
Our mission is to help our clients excel and our people respond successfully to an ever-changing business environment, remaining competitive and delivering premium services to the business achievers. SLK draws on the unparalleled expertise of its people and aims to over deliver on results. SLK main business is to invest in two market:
1. The most stabil market : Land Banking
2. The most biggest market : Forex ( Gold Trading & currencies trade )
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| THE PRICE OF LAND WILL INCREASE 600% - 900% IN TIMES TO COME |
Our management team has responsibility for the day-to-day operations and success of the company.
The group has extensive land banking experience and management depth.
SLK management team will always beside you to oversee the whole investment on gold forex trading with expert traders from whole world.
CEO STATEMENT
First of all, Thank You for visiting SLK International Holdings Limited, your global partner in Private Investment.
I hope you may find all the necessary information that you need. SLK is a Forex broker that provides individual, corporate and institutional clients with unrivaled financial services in the Investment world.
We supply a range of financial products and solutions with specialist expertise in online option trading and brokerage.
We are committed to setting the standards for performance and innovation in the trading industry while maintaining the highest level of professionalism and regulatory compliance in our operations.
Alongside our committed team of financial advisers, this means that our customers have chances to take advantage of the latest international trends and emerging markets.
For new clients we offer a free demo trading account, and our company are always willing to speak to you individually and explain the software.
For experienced traders, our timely market analysis and tips, state-of-the-art platforms, and advanced technologies allow you to make the best possible decisions, so that you can trade with confidence, anywhere, anytime.
We are also joint venture with many government projects on Properties Development, Land Banking and Agriculture projects to secure our investors fund. We also seeking for more developers to joint venture with us on our land in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and South East Asia. I am confident that the SLK team has the expertise, knowledge and commitment to meet your needs and pledge to keep learning and growing with the markets, the times and our clients.
I would be delighted to have you join us to discover our trading services and would like to thank you for the trust you have placed in us.
CEO & President of SLK INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
GOLD TRADING BUSINESS
For centuries, buying gold has been recognized as one of the best ways to preserve one's wealth and purchasing power. Gold is a unique investment, one that has served mankind well for thousands of years. From the times of ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans to more modern times, man has been fascinated with the beauty and magic of gold, and with its power to change men's lives. • Gold bullion is real, honest money...and, many say, the best form of money the world has ever known.
It is a store of value and a safe haven in times of crisis. Gold is rare, durable and does not wear out in the manner of lesser metals (or paper!) when passed from hand to hand. A small amount, easily carried, can purchase a significant amount of goods and services.
It is universally accepted, and can be easily bought and sold around the world.
Today, the beauty of a gold bar lies in its ability to diversify investments, protect wealth and preserve one's purchasing power.
Here are the fundamental reasons to invest in gold (in summary form):
1. Gold is more than just another commodity, it's a currency. It is THE currency that evolved in the marketplace over the last 5,000 years.
2. Gold and silver are the only currencies not created and controlled by governments. All of today's other currencies (dollars, euros, yen, pounds, renminbi, rupees, etc) are 'fiat' currencies, which means they do not represent anything tangible but are only worth something due to government decree (namely legal tender laws).
3. Governments always end up creating too much fiat currency out of thin air. All fiat currencies in the past have ended up worth very little, collapsing into hyperinflation or threatening to.
All of today's fiat currencies have been fiat currencies for less than 34 years (all government currencies were convertible to gold until 1971).
4. The rate of creation of fiat currency accelerated markedly in 1995, leading to today's worldwide bubble in asset prices. In September 2003 the rate started to slow, suggesting that the bubble might end soon.
5. In the pain of the post-bubble period, governments will come under pressure to return to backing their currencies with gold.
6. Returning to currencies backed by gold is practical. Even the possibility that it might happen will cause the value of gold to rise considerably.
7. Today's fiat currencies are unfair. For example, because the US issues the world's reserve currency, the rest of the world sends the US real goods and services and just receives bits of paper or electronic bookkeeping entries in return—many ships travel to the US full of goods, but return half empty.
8. Governments and central banks have been suppressing the price of gold since 1995 by lending and selling their gold. They won't be able to keep it up forever. Then the price of gold and silver will soar.
9. The pressures of enormous debts will increasingly tempt the United States to inflate the US dollar so much that it will become almost worthless, in order that the debts can be easily repaid in near-worthless dollars.
Gold will gain as the falling US dollar destroys trust in fiat currencies.
10. The finance industry and governments have promoted fiat currencies at the expense of gold in the public's mind for decades.
From here, the investing public's attitude to gold can only become more positive.
SLK Company’s Blueprint
Sri Lanka 5 plans to build island nations – SLK Lots
The first phase of the development plan. Agriculture and Corn cultivation (5000 Ha).
The second phase of the development plan. 5-star hotel, resort and golf course.
The third phase of the development plan. Entertainment license – Sea Lagoon, Entertainment Centre
The fourth phase of the development plan. Western-style, private estates, sea resort (5,000 hectares).
Fifth phase of development plans. Urban planning.
1st PHASE BLUEPRINT
CORN CULTIVATION IN SRI LANKA. 5000 HECTARES OF LAND APPROVED BY MINISTRY LAND & LANDS DEVELOMENT SRI LANKA AND LETTER OFFER FROM SECRETARY OF PRIME MINISTER SRI LANKA.
2ND PHASE BLUEPRINT
The SECOND phase of developing a blueprint
Farm Eco Resort - the company will invest in the development 1000 ad hoc holiday flats.
Schools, homes and orphanages - build schools and orphanages for children who need to learn and live the elderly living elders.
Hospital Equipment - International Professional Medical Center
Organic tea garden, orchard and garden equipment.
Organic fish ponds, namely fishing instant. Organic Farm (ducks, chickens, sheep ..)
Subject: Environmental economics, organic agriculture, ideal world, an extraordinary life.
5-star Riverside Megamall Hotel
From the second phase of the development plan, the company will gradually embarked on the development in two ways:
Firstly, the construction advanced facilities and equipment in order to attract more foreign tourists of different classes, and the second:
Business services to attract business people to this meeting and business casual. The company will also build two 600-room 5-star hotel Riverside Mall. The hotel will provide a number of facilities and services. Our customers will enjoy the tea plantations, orchards and vegetable farms concepts paradise. Golf course design
Company will build an 18-hole golf course for leisure and business purposes.
3rd PHASE BLUEPRINT
Second Location - along the coast
(5000 ha for commercial land)
Tourism and gaming - the third phase plan, the company will develop a blueprint toward high-income sectors - tourism and gaming clubs and private clubs. 1000 the Company granted a betting station, which the company has a state license only, worth billions of dollars.
Marine eco-resort - The company also plans to build five-star resort sea extends to the sea one kilometer.
Three 600-room five-star hotel. The hotel will provide a number of facilities and services.
Sea Water Park and Underwater World.
4th PHASE BLUEPRINT
Houses, private estates, villas and five-star resort at sea. The fourth stage, the company will plan real estate and construction industries. The current value of real estate around the world continue to grow , WE believe that investment in this sector will lead the company rushed to another stage. The company's biggest advantage is that China already owns 5000Ha acres of the right to use the lot, while the value of real estate growth year after year, which will help reduce the cost of land acquisition.
5th PHASE BLUEPRINT
Global Village Project - integrated world culture and cuisine of the city
Urban planning is a major development in the future good fortune overseas and mission. Urban development requires huge capital and human resources, we believe that the consolidated government and private support, and our efforts, we must be able to build a perfect city.
Successful island developing cities and countries? - Bali, Indonesia, the Maldives tourist island? - Macao, China, Hong Kong, China, Hainan Island
- Taiwan, Singapore island country. These are located in coastal areas of the island, today's market is doubling alarming data, and this global village will introduce the project to develop the international foreign investment, development potential is very strong. All the world's developing countries governments have attached great importance to the global village plan and blueprint, so the company's mission is to end this project - the "global village." ?
Therefore, we believe that developing countries islands is an excellent investment.
CORN CULTIVATION
Maize
Maize or corn is a cereal crop that is grown widely throughout the world in a range of agroecological environments. More maize is produced annually than any other grain. About 50 species exist and consist of different colors, textures and grain shapes and sizes. White, yellow and red are the most common types. The white and yellow varieties are preferred by most people depending on the region.
Maize was introduced into Africa in the 1500s and has since become one of Africa's dominant food crops. Like many other regions, it is consumed as a vegetable although it is a grain crop. The grains are rich in vitamins A, C and E, carbohydrates, and essential minerals, and contain 9% protein. They are also rich in dietary fiber and calories which are a good source of energy.
Importance
Maize is the most important cereal crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and an important staple food for more than 1.2 billion people in SSA and Latin America. All parts of the crop can be used for food and non-food products. In industrialized countries, maize is largely used as livestock feed and as a raw material for industrial products. Maize accounts for 30−50% of low-income household expenditures in Eastern and Southern Africa. A heavy reliance on maize in the diet, however, can lead to malnutrition and vitamin deficiency diseases such as night blindness and kwashiorkor.
Production
Worldwide production of maize is 785 million tons, with the largest producer, the United States, producing 42%. Africa produces 6.5% and the largest African producer is Nigeria with nearly 8 million tons, followed by South Africa. Africa imports 28% of the required maize from countries outside the continent.
Most maize production in Africa is rain fed. Irregular rainfall can trigger famines during occasional droughts.
Harvesting
According to 2007 FAO estimates, 158 million hectares of maize are harvested worldwide. Africa harvests 29 million hectares, with Nigeria, the largest producer in SSA, harvesting 3%, followed by Tanzania.
Consumption
Worldwide consumption of maize is more than 116 million tons, with Africa consuming 30% and SSA 21%. However, Lesotho has the largest consumption per capita with 174 kg per year. Eastern and Southern Africa uses 85% of its production as food, while Africa as a whole uses 95%, compared to other world regions that use most of its maize as animal feed.
Ninety percent of white maize consumption is in Africa and Central America. It fetches premium prices in Southern Africa where it represents the main staple food. Yellow maize is preferred in most parts of South America and the Caribbean. It is also the preferred animal feed in many regions as it gives a yellow color to poultry, egg yolks and animal fat.
Maize is processed and prepared in various forms depending on the country. Ground maize is prepared into porridge in Eastern and Southern Africa, while maize flour is prepared into porridge in West Africa. Ground maize is also fried or baked in many countries. In all parts of Africa, green (fresh) maize is boiled or roasted on its cob and served as a snack. Popcorn is also a popular snack.
Disease incidence and constraints
Various species of stem borers rank as the most devastating maize pests in SSA. They can cause 20-40% losses during cultivation and 30-90% losses postharvest and during storage. Other pests in SSA include ear borers, armyworms, cutworms, grain moths, beetles, weevils, grain borers, rootworms, and white grubs. The parasitic Striga weed is another maize pest. In fact, weed-related yield losses ranging from 65 to 92% have been recorded in the Nigerian savanna.
Maize diseases in SSA include downy mildew, rust, leaf blight, stalk and ear rots, leaf spot, and maize streak virus (MSV).
Maize does not tolerate drought well and the grain can rot during storage in tropical climates. A lack of sunshine and nitrogen can reduce the production potential of the crop.
Production
Because it is cold-intolerant, in the temperate zones maize must be planted in the spring. Its root system is generally shallow, so the plant is dependent on soil moisture. As a C4 plant (a plant that uses C4 carbon fixation), maize is a considerably more water-efficient crop than C3 plants (plants that use C3 carbon fixation) like the small grains, alfalfa and soybeans. Maize is most sensitive to drought at the time of silk emergence, when the flowers are ready for pollination. In the United States, a good harvest was traditionally predicted if the maize were "knee-high by the Fourth of July", although modern hybridsgenerally exceed this growth rate.
Maize used for silage is harvested while the plant is green and the fruit immature. Sweet corn is harvested in the "milk stage", after pollination but before starch has formed, between late summer and early to mid-autumn. Field maize is left in the field very late in the autumn to thoroughly dry the grain, and may, in fact, sometimes not be harvested until winter or even early spring.
The importance of sufficient soil moisture is shown in many parts of Africa, where periodic drought regularly causes maize crop failure and consequent famine. Although it is grown mainly in wet, hot climates, it has been said to thrive in cold, hot, dry or wet conditions, meaning that it is an extremely versatile crop.
Maize was planted by the Native Americans in hills, in a complex system known to some as the Three Sisters.
Maize provided support for beans, and the beans provided nitrogen derived from nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria which live on the roots of beans and other legumes; and squashes provided ground cover to stop weeds and inhibit evaporation by providing shade over the soil. This method was replaced by single species hill planting where each hill 60–120 cm (2.0–3.9 ft) apart was planted with three or four seeds, a method still used by home gardeners.
A later technique was "checked maize", where hills were placed 40 inches (1.0 metre) apart in each direction, allowing cultivators to run through the field in two directions. In more arid lands, this was altered and seeds were planted in the bottom of 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) deep furrows to collect water. Modern technique plants maize in rows which allows for cultivation while the plant is young, although the hill technique is still used in the maize fields of some Native American reservations.
In North America, fields are often planted in a two-crop rotation with a nitrogen-fixing crop, often alfalfa in cooler climates andsoybeans in regions with longer summers.
Sometimes a third crop, winter wheat, is added to the rotation.
Many of the maize varieties grown in the United States and Canada are hybrids. Often the varieties have been genetically modified to tolerate glyphosate or to provide protection against natural pests. Glyphosate (trade name Roundup) is an herbicide which kills all plants except those with genetic tolerance. This genetic tolerance is very rarely found in nature.
In midwestern United States, low-till or no-till farming techniques are usually used. In low-till, fields are covered once, maybe twice, with a tillage implement either ahead of crop planting or after the previous harvest. The fields are planted and fertilized. Weeds are controlled through the use of herbicides, and no cultivation tillage is done during the growing season. This technique reduces moisture evaporation from the soil, and thus provides more moisture for the crop. The technologies mentioned in the previous paragraph enable low-till and no-till farming.
Weeds compete with the crop for moisture and nutrients, making them undesirable.
Before World War II, most maize in North America was harvested by hand. This involves a large numbers of workers and associated social events (husking or shucking bees). Some one- and two-row mechanical pickers were in use, but the maize combine was not adopted until after the War. By hand or mechanical picker, the entire ear is harvested, which then requires a separate operation of a maize sheller to remove the kernels from the ear. Whole ears of maize were often stored in corn cribs, and these whole ears are a sufficient form for some livestock feeding use.
Few modern farms store maize in this manner. Most harvest the grain from the field and store it in bins. The combine with a maize head (with points and snap rolls instead of a reel) does not cut the stalk; it simply pulls the stalk down. The stalk continues downward and is crumpled into a mangled pile on the ground. The ear of maize is too large to pass between slots in a plate as the snap rolls pull the stalk away, leaving only the ear and husk to enter the machinery. The combine separates out the husk and the cob, keeping only the kernels.
Quantity
Maize is widely cultivated throughout the world, and a greater weight of maize is produced each year than any other grain.
The United States produces 40% of the world's harvest; other top producing countries include China, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, India, France and Argentina. Worldwide production was 817 million tonnes in 2009—more than rice (678 million tonnes) or wheat (682 million tonnes). In 2009, over 159 millionhectares (390 million acres) of maize were planted worldwide, with a yield of over 5 tonnes/hectare (80 bu/acre). Production can be significantly higher in certain regions of the world; 2009 forecasts for production in Iowa were 11614 kg/ha (185 bu/acre). There is conflicting evidence to support the hypothesis that maize yield potential has increased over the past few decades. This suggests that changes in yield potential are associated with leaf angle, lodging resistance, tolerance of high plant density, disease/pest tolerance, and other agronomic traits rather than increase of yield potential per individual plant. Top ten maize producers in 2009
Country Production (tonnes)
United States - 333,010,910
China - 163,118,097
Brazil - 51,232,447
Mexico - 20,202,600
Indonesia - 17,629,740
India - 17,300,000
France - 15,299,900
Argentina - 13,121,380
South Africa - 12,050,000
Ukraine - 10,486,300
World - 817,110,509 [A]
No symbol = official figure, A = Aggregate (may include official, semiofficial or estimates)
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The group has extensive land banking experience and management depth.
SLK management team will always beside you to oversee the whole investment on gold forex trading with expert traders from whole world.
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| SLK HQ 187A, RAJAGIRIYA ROAD, RAJAGIRIYA, SRI LANKA SLK HEADQUARTERS IN SRI LANKA, WORLD TRADE CENTER |
CEO STATEMENT
I hope you may find all the necessary information that you need. SLK is a Forex broker that provides individual, corporate and institutional clients with unrivaled financial services in the Investment world.
We supply a range of financial products and solutions with specialist expertise in online option trading and brokerage.
We are committed to setting the standards for performance and innovation in the trading industry while maintaining the highest level of professionalism and regulatory compliance in our operations.
Alongside our committed team of financial advisers, this means that our customers have chances to take advantage of the latest international trends and emerging markets.
For new clients we offer a free demo trading account, and our company are always willing to speak to you individually and explain the software.
For experienced traders, our timely market analysis and tips, state-of-the-art platforms, and advanced technologies allow you to make the best possible decisions, so that you can trade with confidence, anywhere, anytime.
We are also joint venture with many government projects on Properties Development, Land Banking and Agriculture projects to secure our investors fund. We also seeking for more developers to joint venture with us on our land in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and South East Asia. I am confident that the SLK team has the expertise, knowledge and commitment to meet your needs and pledge to keep learning and growing with the markets, the times and our clients.
I would be delighted to have you join us to discover our trading services and would like to thank you for the trust you have placed in us.
CEO & President of SLK INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
OUR BUSINESS MODEL
WE INVEST IN LAND BANKING & GOLD TRADING FOREX
LAND BANKING
SLK Pillars of Strength guide the land research and acquisition process through to planning/developing and exiting, including the distribution of proceeds to investors.
• Research and Acquisition
• Investment Structuring
• Planning and Development
• Investment Exit
Land Banking refers to aggregating parcels of land for future sale or development.
While in many countries Land Banking may refer to various private real estate investment schemes, in the United States it refers to the establishment of quasi-governmental county or municipal authorities purposed with managing an inventory of surplus land.
Definition
Land Banks are quasi-governmental entities created by counties or municipalities to effectively manage and repurpose an inventory of underutilized, abandoned, or foreclosed upon property. They are often chartered to have powers that allow them to accomplish these goals in ways that existing government agencies cannot. While the Land Bank “model” has gained broad support and has been implemented in a number of cities, they are implemented differently so as to best address both municipal needs and the state & local legal context in which they were created.
History
The period of deindustrialization in the United States coupled with increased suburbanization in the middle of the 20th Century left many American cities with large amounts of vacant & blighted industrial, residential, and commercial property. Beginning in the early 1970's municipalities began to seek solutions to manage decline or spur revitalization in once prosperous city neighborhoods.
The first Land Bank was created in St. Louis in 1971. While additional municipalities continued to adopt them at a trickle it wasn’t until the mid 2000's that Land Banks became viewed as a tested, reliable, and accepted model and experienced widespread implementation - particularly after the success of the Genesee County Land Bank. In 2009 the Department of Housing and Urban Developmentissued a report embracing Land Banks as a best practices model for municipalities dealing with the effects of the real estate market collapse and the ensuing foreclosure crisis.
Agricultural land banking
Advancing agriculture in the Sri Lanka.
While most land banking is based on the prospect of urban areas expanding at the expense of rural areas, in various parts of the world agricultural land is expanding at the expense of virgin land.
The purchase of virgin land that has been identified as suitable for agriculture because of its climate, topography and soil properties, where the buyer has no intention to work the land himself or lease it out, would be agricultural land banking.
Such lands are often rather far away from existing infrastructure when purchased by the land banking investor, therefore prices being low.
The investor anticipates that, because of the area's natural productive potential, an agricultural infrastructure (sufficient roads, specialised contractors, grain storages) will develop, with more land put under cultivation and land values multiplying. Agricultural land banking is found where large tracts of fertile virgin land still exist, where valuations are low and where legislation allows large land holdings (free hold) by domestic and foreign investors.
Typical countries for such investments during recent years have been Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay,Paraguay where land prices appreciated accordingly.
Though the perception that the world’s fertile land is a limited and valuable asset is by no means new, it received renewed public and media attention with the global food crisis, when phrases like peak wheat or peak soil” were coined.
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GOLD TRADING BUSINESS
For centuries, buying gold has been recognized as one of the best ways to preserve one's wealth and purchasing power. Gold is a unique investment, one that has served mankind well for thousands of years. From the times of ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans to more modern times, man has been fascinated with the beauty and magic of gold, and with its power to change men's lives. • Gold bullion is real, honest money...and, many say, the best form of money the world has ever known.
It is a store of value and a safe haven in times of crisis. Gold is rare, durable and does not wear out in the manner of lesser metals (or paper!) when passed from hand to hand. A small amount, easily carried, can purchase a significant amount of goods and services.
It is universally accepted, and can be easily bought and sold around the world.
Today, the beauty of a gold bar lies in its ability to diversify investments, protect wealth and preserve one's purchasing power.
Here are the fundamental reasons to invest in gold (in summary form):
1. Gold is more than just another commodity, it's a currency. It is THE currency that evolved in the marketplace over the last 5,000 years.
2. Gold and silver are the only currencies not created and controlled by governments. All of today's other currencies (dollars, euros, yen, pounds, renminbi, rupees, etc) are 'fiat' currencies, which means they do not represent anything tangible but are only worth something due to government decree (namely legal tender laws).
3. Governments always end up creating too much fiat currency out of thin air. All fiat currencies in the past have ended up worth very little, collapsing into hyperinflation or threatening to.
All of today's fiat currencies have been fiat currencies for less than 34 years (all government currencies were convertible to gold until 1971).
4. The rate of creation of fiat currency accelerated markedly in 1995, leading to today's worldwide bubble in asset prices. In September 2003 the rate started to slow, suggesting that the bubble might end soon.
5. In the pain of the post-bubble period, governments will come under pressure to return to backing their currencies with gold.
6. Returning to currencies backed by gold is practical. Even the possibility that it might happen will cause the value of gold to rise considerably.
7. Today's fiat currencies are unfair. For example, because the US issues the world's reserve currency, the rest of the world sends the US real goods and services and just receives bits of paper or electronic bookkeeping entries in return—many ships travel to the US full of goods, but return half empty.
8. Governments and central banks have been suppressing the price of gold since 1995 by lending and selling their gold. They won't be able to keep it up forever. Then the price of gold and silver will soar.
9. The pressures of enormous debts will increasingly tempt the United States to inflate the US dollar so much that it will become almost worthless, in order that the debts can be easily repaid in near-worthless dollars.
Gold will gain as the falling US dollar destroys trust in fiat currencies.
10. The finance industry and governments have promoted fiat currencies at the expense of gold in the public's mind for decades.
From here, the investing public's attitude to gold can only become more positive.
SLK Company’s Blueprint
Sri Lanka 5 plans to build island nations – SLK Lots
The first phase of the development plan. Agriculture and Corn cultivation (5000 Ha).
The second phase of the development plan. 5-star hotel, resort and golf course.
The third phase of the development plan. Entertainment license – Sea Lagoon, Entertainment Centre
The fourth phase of the development plan. Western-style, private estates, sea resort (5,000 hectares).
Fifth phase of development plans. Urban planning.
1st PHASE BLUEPRINT
CORN CULTIVATION IN SRI LANKA. 5000 HECTARES OF LAND APPROVED BY MINISTRY LAND & LANDS DEVELOMENT SRI LANKA AND LETTER OFFER FROM SECRETARY OF PRIME MINISTER SRI LANKA.
2ND PHASE BLUEPRINT
The SECOND phase of developing a blueprint
Farm Eco Resort - the company will invest in the development 1000 ad hoc holiday flats.
Schools, homes and orphanages - build schools and orphanages for children who need to learn and live the elderly living elders.
Hospital Equipment - International Professional Medical Center
Organic tea garden, orchard and garden equipment.
Organic fish ponds, namely fishing instant. Organic Farm (ducks, chickens, sheep ..)
Subject: Environmental economics, organic agriculture, ideal world, an extraordinary life.
5-star Riverside Megamall Hotel
From the second phase of the development plan, the company will gradually embarked on the development in two ways:
Firstly, the construction advanced facilities and equipment in order to attract more foreign tourists of different classes, and the second:
Business services to attract business people to this meeting and business casual. The company will also build two 600-room 5-star hotel Riverside Mall. The hotel will provide a number of facilities and services. Our customers will enjoy the tea plantations, orchards and vegetable farms concepts paradise. Golf course design
Company will build an 18-hole golf course for leisure and business purposes.
3rd PHASE BLUEPRINT
Second Location - along the coast
(5000 ha for commercial land)
Tourism and gaming - the third phase plan, the company will develop a blueprint toward high-income sectors - tourism and gaming clubs and private clubs. 1000 the Company granted a betting station, which the company has a state license only, worth billions of dollars.
Marine eco-resort - The company also plans to build five-star resort sea extends to the sea one kilometer.
Three 600-room five-star hotel. The hotel will provide a number of facilities and services.
Sea Water Park and Underwater World.
4th PHASE BLUEPRINT
Houses, private estates, villas and five-star resort at sea. The fourth stage, the company will plan real estate and construction industries. The current value of real estate around the world continue to grow , WE believe that investment in this sector will lead the company rushed to another stage. The company's biggest advantage is that China already owns 5000Ha acres of the right to use the lot, while the value of real estate growth year after year, which will help reduce the cost of land acquisition.
5th PHASE BLUEPRINT
Global Village Project - integrated world culture and cuisine of the city
Urban planning is a major development in the future good fortune overseas and mission. Urban development requires huge capital and human resources, we believe that the consolidated government and private support, and our efforts, we must be able to build a perfect city.
Successful island developing cities and countries? - Bali, Indonesia, the Maldives tourist island? - Macao, China, Hong Kong, China, Hainan Island
- Taiwan, Singapore island country. These are located in coastal areas of the island, today's market is doubling alarming data, and this global village will introduce the project to develop the international foreign investment, development potential is very strong. All the world's developing countries governments have attached great importance to the global village plan and blueprint, so the company's mission is to end this project - the "global village." ?
Therefore, we believe that developing countries islands is an excellent investment.
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CORN CULTIVATION
Maize
Maize or corn is a cereal crop that is grown widely throughout the world in a range of agroecological environments. More maize is produced annually than any other grain. About 50 species exist and consist of different colors, textures and grain shapes and sizes. White, yellow and red are the most common types. The white and yellow varieties are preferred by most people depending on the region.
Maize was introduced into Africa in the 1500s and has since become one of Africa's dominant food crops. Like many other regions, it is consumed as a vegetable although it is a grain crop. The grains are rich in vitamins A, C and E, carbohydrates, and essential minerals, and contain 9% protein. They are also rich in dietary fiber and calories which are a good source of energy.
Importance
Maize is the most important cereal crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and an important staple food for more than 1.2 billion people in SSA and Latin America. All parts of the crop can be used for food and non-food products. In industrialized countries, maize is largely used as livestock feed and as a raw material for industrial products. Maize accounts for 30−50% of low-income household expenditures in Eastern and Southern Africa. A heavy reliance on maize in the diet, however, can lead to malnutrition and vitamin deficiency diseases such as night blindness and kwashiorkor.
Production
Worldwide production of maize is 785 million tons, with the largest producer, the United States, producing 42%. Africa produces 6.5% and the largest African producer is Nigeria with nearly 8 million tons, followed by South Africa. Africa imports 28% of the required maize from countries outside the continent.
Most maize production in Africa is rain fed. Irregular rainfall can trigger famines during occasional droughts.
Harvesting
According to 2007 FAO estimates, 158 million hectares of maize are harvested worldwide. Africa harvests 29 million hectares, with Nigeria, the largest producer in SSA, harvesting 3%, followed by Tanzania.
Consumption
Worldwide consumption of maize is more than 116 million tons, with Africa consuming 30% and SSA 21%. However, Lesotho has the largest consumption per capita with 174 kg per year. Eastern and Southern Africa uses 85% of its production as food, while Africa as a whole uses 95%, compared to other world regions that use most of its maize as animal feed.
Ninety percent of white maize consumption is in Africa and Central America. It fetches premium prices in Southern Africa where it represents the main staple food. Yellow maize is preferred in most parts of South America and the Caribbean. It is also the preferred animal feed in many regions as it gives a yellow color to poultry, egg yolks and animal fat.
Maize is processed and prepared in various forms depending on the country. Ground maize is prepared into porridge in Eastern and Southern Africa, while maize flour is prepared into porridge in West Africa. Ground maize is also fried or baked in many countries. In all parts of Africa, green (fresh) maize is boiled or roasted on its cob and served as a snack. Popcorn is also a popular snack.
Disease incidence and constraints
Various species of stem borers rank as the most devastating maize pests in SSA. They can cause 20-40% losses during cultivation and 30-90% losses postharvest and during storage. Other pests in SSA include ear borers, armyworms, cutworms, grain moths, beetles, weevils, grain borers, rootworms, and white grubs. The parasitic Striga weed is another maize pest. In fact, weed-related yield losses ranging from 65 to 92% have been recorded in the Nigerian savanna.
Maize diseases in SSA include downy mildew, rust, leaf blight, stalk and ear rots, leaf spot, and maize streak virus (MSV).
Maize does not tolerate drought well and the grain can rot during storage in tropical climates. A lack of sunshine and nitrogen can reduce the production potential of the crop.
Production
Because it is cold-intolerant, in the temperate zones maize must be planted in the spring. Its root system is generally shallow, so the plant is dependent on soil moisture. As a C4 plant (a plant that uses C4 carbon fixation), maize is a considerably more water-efficient crop than C3 plants (plants that use C3 carbon fixation) like the small grains, alfalfa and soybeans. Maize is most sensitive to drought at the time of silk emergence, when the flowers are ready for pollination. In the United States, a good harvest was traditionally predicted if the maize were "knee-high by the Fourth of July", although modern hybridsgenerally exceed this growth rate.
Maize used for silage is harvested while the plant is green and the fruit immature. Sweet corn is harvested in the "milk stage", after pollination but before starch has formed, between late summer and early to mid-autumn. Field maize is left in the field very late in the autumn to thoroughly dry the grain, and may, in fact, sometimes not be harvested until winter or even early spring.
The importance of sufficient soil moisture is shown in many parts of Africa, where periodic drought regularly causes maize crop failure and consequent famine. Although it is grown mainly in wet, hot climates, it has been said to thrive in cold, hot, dry or wet conditions, meaning that it is an extremely versatile crop.
Maize was planted by the Native Americans in hills, in a complex system known to some as the Three Sisters.
Maize provided support for beans, and the beans provided nitrogen derived from nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria which live on the roots of beans and other legumes; and squashes provided ground cover to stop weeds and inhibit evaporation by providing shade over the soil. This method was replaced by single species hill planting where each hill 60–120 cm (2.0–3.9 ft) apart was planted with three or four seeds, a method still used by home gardeners.
A later technique was "checked maize", where hills were placed 40 inches (1.0 metre) apart in each direction, allowing cultivators to run through the field in two directions. In more arid lands, this was altered and seeds were planted in the bottom of 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) deep furrows to collect water. Modern technique plants maize in rows which allows for cultivation while the plant is young, although the hill technique is still used in the maize fields of some Native American reservations.
In North America, fields are often planted in a two-crop rotation with a nitrogen-fixing crop, often alfalfa in cooler climates andsoybeans in regions with longer summers.
Sometimes a third crop, winter wheat, is added to the rotation.
Many of the maize varieties grown in the United States and Canada are hybrids. Often the varieties have been genetically modified to tolerate glyphosate or to provide protection against natural pests. Glyphosate (trade name Roundup) is an herbicide which kills all plants except those with genetic tolerance. This genetic tolerance is very rarely found in nature.
In midwestern United States, low-till or no-till farming techniques are usually used. In low-till, fields are covered once, maybe twice, with a tillage implement either ahead of crop planting or after the previous harvest. The fields are planted and fertilized. Weeds are controlled through the use of herbicides, and no cultivation tillage is done during the growing season. This technique reduces moisture evaporation from the soil, and thus provides more moisture for the crop. The technologies mentioned in the previous paragraph enable low-till and no-till farming.
Weeds compete with the crop for moisture and nutrients, making them undesirable.
Before World War II, most maize in North America was harvested by hand. This involves a large numbers of workers and associated social events (husking or shucking bees). Some one- and two-row mechanical pickers were in use, but the maize combine was not adopted until after the War. By hand or mechanical picker, the entire ear is harvested, which then requires a separate operation of a maize sheller to remove the kernels from the ear. Whole ears of maize were often stored in corn cribs, and these whole ears are a sufficient form for some livestock feeding use.
Few modern farms store maize in this manner. Most harvest the grain from the field and store it in bins. The combine with a maize head (with points and snap rolls instead of a reel) does not cut the stalk; it simply pulls the stalk down. The stalk continues downward and is crumpled into a mangled pile on the ground. The ear of maize is too large to pass between slots in a plate as the snap rolls pull the stalk away, leaving only the ear and husk to enter the machinery. The combine separates out the husk and the cob, keeping only the kernels.
Quantity
Maize is widely cultivated throughout the world, and a greater weight of maize is produced each year than any other grain.
The United States produces 40% of the world's harvest; other top producing countries include China, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, India, France and Argentina. Worldwide production was 817 million tonnes in 2009—more than rice (678 million tonnes) or wheat (682 million tonnes). In 2009, over 159 millionhectares (390 million acres) of maize were planted worldwide, with a yield of over 5 tonnes/hectare (80 bu/acre). Production can be significantly higher in certain regions of the world; 2009 forecasts for production in Iowa were 11614 kg/ha (185 bu/acre). There is conflicting evidence to support the hypothesis that maize yield potential has increased over the past few decades. This suggests that changes in yield potential are associated with leaf angle, lodging resistance, tolerance of high plant density, disease/pest tolerance, and other agronomic traits rather than increase of yield potential per individual plant. Top ten maize producers in 2009
Country Production (tonnes)
United States - 333,010,910
China - 163,118,097
Brazil - 51,232,447
Mexico - 20,202,600
Indonesia - 17,629,740
India - 17,300,000
France - 15,299,900
Argentina - 13,121,380
South Africa - 12,050,000
Ukraine - 10,486,300
World - 817,110,509 [A]
No symbol = official figure, A = Aggregate (may include official, semiofficial or estimates)
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