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Sep 2023
This webinar exams whether increased concentration necessarily leads to increased market power or simply reflects the underlying economic efficiencies controlling value chains. It discusses whether increased market concentration is a food security concern and if so, what should be the role of international institutions and organizations in regulating markets?
Speakers: Javier Blas (Bloomberg L.P.), Swithun Still (STILL GRAIN), James MacDonald (University of Maryland), Delphine Leconte-Demarsy (AMIS)
Moderators: Joe Glauber (AMIS) and Seth Meyer (USDA)
Feb 2016
Forecasting crop production is an important dimension when monitoring agricultural markets. Over time, forecasting techniques have evolved, as has agriculture itself and the specifications of the forecasts that are needed. [...]
Studies and working papers
- Belgium - China - Morocco - South Africa - United States of America
- Production forecasting
Sep 2015
This presentation explains the logic behind some of the technical charts that are published in the AMIS Market Monitor. Specifically, it describes the Commitments of Traders charts that visualize the volume [...]
Jun 2015
AMIS Secretary, Mr. Abdolreza Abbassian, presented the "World Grain Market Situation and Outlook - An AMIS Perspective" at this year's IGC Grains Conference in London, 9 June 2015. Questions discussed [...]
Oct 2014
At the fourth Session of the AMIS Global Food Market Information Group, which was held in Rome in October 2013, the Group requested the AMIS Secretariat to undertake a closer examination [...]
Studies and working papers
- Argentina - Brazil - China - South Africa - Ukraine - United States of America
- Market studies
Sep 2014
Feed use accounts for about a third of world consumption of cereals. Despite its significance, feed utilization is a largely unknown component in supply and demand balances. Within the framework [...]