Down to Agribusiness

Adam Sharpe is joined by IEG Vu analysts Neil Murray, Julian Gale and Jana Sutenko to discuss fruit juice, dried fruit, vanilla and butter markets following the release of the new IEG Vu Half Year Outlook 2018 report.

The Outlook assesses market dynamics such as price, production, supply and demand for the range of food and drink commodities featured on the IEG Vu website.

IEG Vu subscribers can download the report from the Market Reviews section of the website. Non-subscribers, please follow this link to get your copy http://bit.ly/2LXVFgK.

In this episode, editor of Agrow, Sanjiv Rana speaks to Gustavo Palerosi Carneiro, BASF Crop Protection's senior vice-president, Asia Pacific.

Mr Carneiro discusses factors affecting the crop protection market in the Asia Pacific region. Having previously worked for BASF in Latin America, he provides interesting insights while comparing the two markets as he identifies factors leading to more sustainable growth in the Asia Pacific region.

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The organic sector is on a strong upwards growth curve, with organic food and drink sales in 2016 estimated at just under $90 billion, having achieved growth of around 10% a year since 2000. The sector is growing by around 15% per annum and the potential for further growth is enormous.

Following the publication of a new report on the EU & US organics sector, IEG Policy's Adam Sharpe speaks to the author of the report, Chris Horseman.

Market growth has been fuelled by a rapid rise in the area of farmland which has been certified organic. As of 2016, a total of 57.8m ha had been approved for organic production, amounting to 1.2% of all the world's farmland. In the last two years, some 13.4m ha of new organic farmland has been created, as demand for organic food and drink products grows.

Adam and Chris explore how new rules and regulations will impact the organics sector, and discuss the global growth prospects.

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In this episode we get technical with Yuanjie Su, Senior Analyst for Phillips McDougall's Seed Service.

Yuanjie shares his insights with Alan Bullion from a recent analysis piece available for Phillips McDougall subscribers. This exciting tool has the potential to revolutionize all aspects of the genetic research community, and is directly related to the seed industry as a versatile too for genetic improvement.

What is CRISPR and why is it relevant for the seed and crop protection sectors? How is it being commercialised, who are the major players and what are the regulatory challenges?

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The global sugar market is geared for another surplus this 2017/18 season with another one looming in 2018/19. Sandra Boga is joined by Senior Commodity Analyst, Stefan Uhlenbrock, to outline the latest F.O. Licht data and discuss the outlook for the year ahead.

Why is global sugar set for a surplus this season and next, and where are the notable decreases and increases in sugar production globally?

With a global population that is set to hit nearly 10 billion by 2050, the agriculture sector is tasked with the responsibility of increasing food production considerably in the coming years to meet this demand.

But there are many factors to contend with such as climate change, soil erosion and increasing consumer demands for food production to be carried out in a more sustainable way that does not damage the environment or put human health at risk. The industry faces an enormous challenge and new and developing technology will undoubtedly play a role in ensuring supply is enough to meet demand.

One area that has seen considerable growth in market size in the past 10-15 years is biopesticides.

A new report produced by Agrow, part of Agribusiness Intelligence, looks in depth at the development of this market segment and the potential for increased use in the years to come.

Adam Sharpe is joined by Alan Bullion, head of special reports at Agribusiness Intelligence, to discuss this increasingly prominent segment of the crop protection industry.

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In this episode we turn our attention to trade, and in particular, the fallout from the recent imposition by the United States of tariffs of up to 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium products. President Donald Trump has justified the duties by claiming that the US is suffering from what he terms as 'unfair trade.' And while some countries have agreed exemptions from the tariffs, they have sparked an angry response from China. China has now imposed its own retaliatory measures that include a number of US agri-food items such as pork, nuts, fruit and wine - with the threat of more to come.

Are we on the verge of a trade war that could have an adverse impact on global trade of food and drink products? What about the commentators who are claiming that such actions by the US mean the World Trade Organization is now irrelevant and on its deathbed?

Adam Sharpe speaks to policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic, Peter Ungphakorn and Roger Bernard to find out more.

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