Agriculture et Stratégies

The five lessons to be drawn from the report of the Price and Margin Observatory

The annual report to Parliament of the Price and Margins Observatory (OFPM) provides, as usual, a great deal of information on the functioning of the agricultural and agro-food industries. Rich in numerous indicators, with robust…

The European Green Deal, towards a return of milk quotas?

Post-2020 CAP Negotiations: keep going or starting from a scratch?

The common agricultural policy in the test of subsidiarity

« A society that does not value the work of the land, who does not look after those who cultivate, who raise, is a society in danger of death »

Hearing of Jean-Luc Demarty in the European Parliament: a director of commerce should not say that …

CETA, MERCOSUR: the three reasons for the opposition of farmers

This unanimity is rare enough to be noted: all the agricultural unions express strong opposition to the free trade agreements with Canada and Mercosur. In order to avoid judgments stigmatizing a misunderstanding of the market…

The WTO is dead, long live agricultural multilateralism !

Africa: the conditions for success of the free trade zone

EU-Mercosur agreement, the last globalist stand?

The costs of agricultural export dumping for farmers and rural communities

The case of spanish olives : did the European Union overreact by taking the issue to the WTO to defend decoupled aid ?

Deterioration of the world food situation

Dégradation de la situation alimentaire mondiale Alors que la production alimentaire s’accroît, de plus en plus d’individus souffrent de la faim. Les dernières trajectoires de l’état de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale montrent des signes de…

The growing role of the private sector in agricultural and food policies in Africa

Low prices of agricultural commodities, a factor of political instability in Africa

Report of the Task Force on Rural Africa: Agriculture a key sector in the face of Africa’s demographic challenge

“Let’s not export our problems”, overproduction of milk is harmful for African and European farmers

Overview of agricultural and food policies around the world

Download the PDF Since the beginning of the 2000s, and in particular following the food crisis of 2007/08, agricultural and food policies have been reinforced worldwide, with the notable exception of the European Union, which…

Agricultural prices: the OECD persists in error

Repeal of the Swiss “chocolate law”: a sleight of hand between export subsidy and aid coupled with production

Faced with the risks of free trade, agricultural policies are necessary to guarantee food sovereignty

OECD views on Agricultural Policies in India : a detailed report with questionable conclusions

US agriculture needs a 21st century New Deal

Dpwnload the PDF US agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains – 600% above average in some places – inundated fields and homes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture…

New Farm Bill : farmers will receive counter cyclical aid when milk prices are under 350€ per ton

The 2018 Farm Bill: an almost identical American agricultural policy

US cranberry producers sacrifice part of their production to get out of the crisis

California farmers say ‘yes’ to better sharing the value of milk

Reviewing the CBO Baseline for 2018 Farm Bill Debate

The sugar crisis and Jean-Baptiste Say’s law of outlets

We reproduce below an article by Thierry Pouch, economist at the Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture and member of the strategic orientation committee of Agriculture Strategies. Specialist in the history of economic thought, he…

Milk powder stocks: the Commission’s strategy cost European milk producers €2.3 billion

United Nations declaration on peasant rights promotes market regulation

UNCTAD latest report highlights disappointments in free trade

The 2018 drought in Europe: must we stop selling milk powder from public stocks?

European dairy futures markets : a fatal trust crisis ?

Despite the high hopes placed in them since the end of milk quotas, European dairy futures markets struggle to develop. The sharp drop in activity observed on Leipzig EEX’s dairy contracts since early 2018 could…

The great caution of agricultural sectors’ action plans regarding mutual funds

Futures markets and income insurances are not substitutes for public regulations

Futures markets and income insurances are not substitutes for public regulations (3/3)

Futures markets and income insurances are not substitutes for public regulations (2/3)

Futures markets and income insurances are not substitutes for public regulations (1/3)

Agricultural cooperatives: a model of economic organization of producers

We are republishing below a work conducted in 2011 with Marie-Sophie Dedieu on agricultural cooperatives, their historical trajectory, their diversity and the issues that drive them. While the ordinance provided for in the law resulting…

What is a fruits and vegetables PO ?

Is competition desirable in the agri-food industry?

Strengthening sustainable food systems through geographical indications

Agricultural bill: What if the solutions were on the European side?

Should the French Food Summit lead to the creation of an agri-food component for subcontracting rights?

Lessons from US Dairy Policy on Value-Added Sharing

Agriculture Strategies publishes a study of which we have reproduced the summary below. This study focused on US dairy policy, and in particular the federal milk marketing boards. Milk characteristics prevent spontaneous price formation and…

Dairy products: is the international market’s compass biased?

A European sugar policy that needs rebuilding

While the European sugar sector is going through a crisis following the abolition of its regulatory tools, this study brings together the main elements of economic analysis to initiate a strategic reflection aimed at rebuilding…

The European sugar policy: a policy to rebuild

Sugar policies in the world

The sugar policy in China: the sharing of value at the heart of the device

Thailand’s sugar policy : a recent challenge

The sugar policy in India: a major producer seeking to stabilize its market