The Global Food Market Information Group
The Information Group consists of technical representatives from countries participating in AMIS. It is responsible for providing regular reliable, accurate, timely and comparable data regarding the supply and demand position and its probable short term development, as well as regarding prices, of the AMIS crops. Furthermore, it organises the timely collection of national policy developments that could impact the market situation and outlook.
Focal points
| Argentina Mario Osvaldo García Director of Agricultural Markets, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries | Australia Neil Andrews Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences | Brazil Marcelo Fernandes Guimarães General-Coordinator of Studies and Information, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply |
| Canada Tony McDougall Deputy Director, Grains and Oilseeds Division, Sector Development and Analysis Directorate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | China Li Gan-qiong Researcher, Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | Egypt Samy Mohamed Abdel Hamid Head of the Economic Affairs Sector, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation |
| European Union Eric Willems Deputy Head of Unit, Arable crops, sugar, fibre plants, animal feed |
European Union Florence Buchholzer Deputy Head of Unit, Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis |
France Cédric Prevost Head of Unit Cereals, Sugar, Oilseeds, Ministry of Agriculture, General Directorate for Agricultural, Agrifood and Regional Policies (DGPAAT) |
| Germany Volker Appel Desk Officer, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | Germany Günter Tissen Desk Officer, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | India Bollempalli Gangaiah Advisor, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture |
| Indonesia Tassim Billah Director, Centre for Agricultural Data and Information Systems, Ministry of Agriculture | Italy Patrizio Piozzi Expert in Market Analysis, Istituto di Servizi per il Mercato Agricolo Alimentare (ISMEA) | Japan Yuichi Nakamura Deputy Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Japan Michiya Ootsuka Deputy Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Kazakhstan Abdel Baltategi Head of Agricultural Market Monitoring Division of Processing and Agrofood Markets Department | Republic of Korea Han SukHo Senior Researcher, Agricultural Outlook Centre, Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) |
| Mexico Javier Calderòn General Deputy Director for Economic Studies and International Trade Negotiation, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food |
Philippines Romeo S. Recide Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture |
Philippines Lito Banayo Administrator, Department of Agriculture |
| Russian Federation Mihail Orlov Director of the Department for the regulation of the Agrifood market, Fisheries and Food processing industry, Ministry of Agriculture | Saudi Arabia Mosleh A. Alghamdi General manager of Economic Studies, Planning and Statistics Department, Ministry of Agriculture | South Africa Billy Morokolo Director, Domestic Marketing Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries |
| Spain Susana Humanes Magán Subdirectora General de Cultivos Herbáceos e Indutriales, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente |
Spain Elena Cores García Consejera Técnica, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente |
Spain Ana Redondo Garrido Subdirectora General Adjunta de Regulación de Mercados, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente |
| Thailand Unchana Tracho Director of Centre for Agricultural Information, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives |
Turkey Arap Diri Agriculture Engineer, Turkish Statistical Institute | Ukraine Yaroslav Cherevychnyy Head, Division on Situation and Monitoring of Agricultural Market, Department for Economic Development and Agricultural Market |
| United Kingdom Lindsay Holmes Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) | USA Joseph Glauber Chief Economist, US Department of Agriculture | Viet Nam Nguyen Viet Chien Director, Director, Centre for Informatics and Statistics (CIS |