A new vision for agriculture
momagri, movement for a world agricultural organization, is a think tank chaired by Pierre Pagesse, President
of Limagrain. It brings together, managers from the agricultural world and important people from external
perspectives, such as health, development, strategy and defense. Its objective is to promote regulation
of agricultural markets by creating new evaluation tools, such as economic models and indicators,
and by drawing up proposals for an agricultural and international food policy.
a look at the news
Paris, 29 July 2010
Year 2010
A look at the news
19/07/2010
Cambodia: “Landless peasants” call for help
Point of view
12/07/2010
Food reserves, yes but in which framework?
by Bastien Gibert, Advisor, momagri
Focus on issues
05/07/2010
The Toronto G-20: A Transition Summit
Momagri Editorial Board
Editorial
05/07/2010
Niger, An Emblematic Victim of Hunger
By Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Point of view
28/06/2010
Financial crisis and food crisis: Are identical ills calling for identical remedies?
By Bastien Gibert, Associate, Carles & Associés consultancy Advisor, momagri
Focus on issues
21/06/2010
"Export diversification reduces market volatility" : How can we still believe the WTO?
Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Focus on issues
14/06/2010
For a better supervision of farmland purchases in developing countries
by momagri Editorial Board
momagri model
07/06/2010
Commodity Price Volatility: Causes and Impact on the EU Agricultural Markets
by Professor Bertrand Munier, Chief Economist of momagri
A look at the news
31/05/2010
Food Security Threatened by a Fungus
Point of view
31/05/2010
The U.S. Senate wants to monitor speculation in agricultural markets
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
A look at the news
24/05/2010
The escalating food crisis in Niger.
Focus on issues
24/05/2010
Russia’s return to international agricultural markets
Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Editorial
24/05/2010
“Achieving an Authentic Intellectual Revolution in Relation to Agriculture”
by Jean-François Copé, President of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) Group in the French National Assembly
Personal accounts
17/05/2010
“Speculative Funds: Food is not a Game”
An interview of Professor Bertrand Munier, momagri Chief Economist, published in early May in the Imagine magazine
Point of view
17/05/2010
“Let’s create a global organization of agriculture to develop market openness and orderliness”
Excerpts from an interview given by French President Nicolas Sarkozy
A look at the news
10/05/2010
One billion hungry people
Editorial
10/05/2010
AGRICULTURE: STILL THE POOR RELATIVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
By Bastien Gibert, Expert, momagri
A look at the news
03/05/2010
Cereal farmers take to the streets in protest
A look at the news
03/05/2010
Launch of a fund to fight hunger in the world
Point of view
03/05/2010
The international community is picking the wrong target in the fight against hunger
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Focus on issues
03/05/2010
Scaling up Nutrition: A Framework for Action
International Nutrition Foundation
A look at the news
26/04/2010
Cloud of Ash and Food Security
Editorial
26/04/2010
A large majority of Europeans support the CAP and their farmers
Eurobarometer, a study commissioned by the EU Directorate for Agriculture
A look at the news
19/04/2010
The specter of a new food crisis looms.
A look at the news
19/04/2010
Is the cost of the crises bearable?
Point of view
19/04/2010
Food Security and National Defense, A Geopolitical Perspective
by Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President, momagri and Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Focus on issues
19/04/2010
Battling world hunger by increasing global production?
Daryll E. Ray, APAC
Point of view
12/04/2010
Pleading for a disappearing world
By Denis Tillinac writer and journalist, member of the momagri sponsoring committee, Article published in the Marianne newspaper, 13th February 2010
Editorial
12/04/2010
International governance and regulation of agriculture: Central themes for the 2nd Dakar Agricole Forum
Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President of momagri, Article published in La Lettre Diplomatique n° 89, first quarter 2010
A look at the news
06/04/2010
Is a political crisis needed to save the CAP?
A look at the news
06/04/2010
Towards regulation for the dairy sector
Focus on issues
06/04/2010
World food security and international trade
Doaa Abdel Motaal, Counsellor in charge of Agriculture in the Cabinet of the Director-General of the WTO
Editorial
06/04/2010
Food security and independence, a major challenge for humanity
A report on the UMP, Political Party meeting on food security
Point of view
29/03/2010
Will the planet have enough land to feed mankind in the 21st century?
Nahid Movahedi, Guy Paillotin and André Neveu, Académie d’Agriculture de France
Focus on issues
15/03/2010
CFTC Should Impose Tough Limits on Wall Street Speculators
New rules could help stabilize energy and agriculture prices Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Editorial
15/03/2010
Working document on the Future of the CAP after 2013
George Lyon, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Point of view
08/03/2010
Why are sugar prices visibly dissolving in a context of global shortage?
by momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
08/03/2010
The threats tied to opening up unfettered markets
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Focus on issues
08/03/2010
« Climate change and the right to food »
Olivier De Schutter UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Peter Rosenblum, Co-Director, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
Focus on issues
01/03/2010
“Rethinking public policy in agriculture: lessons from distant and recent history”
Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, Report published in the Journal of Peasant Studies
Focus on issues
22/02/2010
Agriculture as provider of public goods in the European Union
Agriculture as provider of public goods in the European Union
Editorial
22/02/2010
The urgent necessity for agricultural policies
Pierre Pagesse, President of momagri, Editorial published in the magazine Paysans
A look at the news
15/02/2010
India's food safety threatened
Personal accounts
15/02/2010
The first economic model on agricultural volatility
Interview de Bertrand Munier, chief economist of momagri, & Peter Timmer, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Harvard, USA
Editorial
15/02/2010
The world must prepare for other crises
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Editorial
15/02/2010
French intellectuals, a renewed interest in agriculture?
Les Echos Conference "Which agricultural policies for global equilibrium?" Organized by PASSION CEREALS, 16th February at the CESE, by Dominique Lasserre, momagri advisor
A look at the news
08/02/2010
Threats to global food security
A look at the news
08/02/2010
Extreme poverty; a primary global concern
Focus on issues
08/02/2010
Paris declaration for a Common Agricultural and Food Policy
Ministère de l’Agriculture, France
Point of view
21/01/2010
momagri Awarded the 2010 Choiseul Prize
by momagri’s Editorial Board
Press releases
21/01/2010
momagri Awarded the 2010 Choiseul Prize
A look at the news
18/01/2010
For Haiti, earthquake and agricultural disaster
Editorial
18/01/2010
Our work is guided by the need for a better understanding of the specific nature of agricultural markets
By Pierre Pagesse, Chairman of LImagrain and momagri & Jacques Carles, Chairman of the consulting cabinet Carles & Associés and Executive Vice President of momagri
A look at the news
11/01/2010
Climate risk, a constant for agriculture
Personal accounts
11/01/2010
‘Speculation greatly increases volatility’
Interview with Bertrand Munier, momagri Chief Economist
Editorial
11/01/2010
It is imperative that we break from fruitless ideological oppositions
By Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
A look at the news
04/01/2010
Still waters run deep
Point of view
04/01/2010
Which type of European agriculture for the 21st century?
by momagri’s Editorial Board
Year 2009
A look at the news
14/12/2009
“Annus horribilis” in French rural areas
Personal accounts
14/12/2009
“Futures markets are not pretending to replace European Union subsidies”
Interview with Jean-Loïc Bégué Turon, Head of Derivatives Markets, InVivo Group
momagri model
07/12/2009
First science research paper on the momagri model
Bastien Gibert, Expert, momagri
Point of view
07/12/2009
Renewed speculation in agricultural futures markets
Paul-Florent Montfort and Bastien Gibert, Expert and Business Analyst of momagri
Focus on issues
07/12/2009
The example of the dairy industry: Between the drawbacks of liberalization and the benefits of regulation
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
A look at the news
30/11/2009
Social economy at agriculture’s bedside
A look at the news
30/11/2009
Spanish farmers protest at falling income
A look at the news
23/11/2009
Milk: the illusion of the end of the crisis?
Personal accounts
23/11/2009
“Tomorrow, Hunger!”
A book by Frédéric Lemaître, Editor-in-Chief, Le Monde
Point of view
20/11/2009
The World Summit on Food Security in Rome: Grounds for hope and causes of disappointment
Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President, momagri
A look at the news
16/11/2009
Hunger is not a fatality
Editorial
16/11/2009
20 years on… The challenges of new capitalism
By Bastien Gibert, Expert of momagri
A look at the news
09/11/2009
Agriculture on Facebook.
Focus on issues
09/11/2009
Is Africa a Future Agricultural Giant? A New Role for the Private Sector in African agriculture
By Patrick Sevaistre, Associate Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institute
Editorial
02/11/2009
Agricultural policies: the history of a changing trend
By Bastien Gibert, Expert of momagri
A look at the news
26/10/2009
Australian farmers threatened by Chinese imports
Focus on issues
26/10/2009
Index insurance, an innovative tool for poor farmers
International Research Institute on Climate and Society (IRI)
A look at the news
19/10/2009
Feeding the world: merely a problem of quantity?
A look at the news
19/10/2009
Reinventing regulation tools.
Point of view
19/10/2009
Key Remarks on the FAO High-Level Expert Forum “How to Feed the World in 2050”
Dominique Lasserre, Advisor, momagri
Focus on issues
12/10/2009
« The false promises of agricultural trade liberalization »
By Mamerto Pérez, Sergio Schlesinger and Timothy A. Wise (Tufts University) Washington Office on Latin America
Editorial
12/10/2009
« Dairy’s financial problems outstrip usual ups and downs »
By Daryll E. Ray, director of APAC
Point of view
28/09/2009
The next bubble...: Agriculture and food security on the altar of unregulated liberalization
Jacques Carles, délégué général de momagri
Focus on issues
28/09/2009
Agriculture at the heart of Africa's future
By Hervé Gaymard Member of Parliament & Head of the Savoie General Council, ex-Agricultural Minister
A look at the news
22/09/2009
A compass for the WTO
Focus on issues
22/09/2009
A better measurement of performance to fine-tune economic policies
by Professors Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen and Jean-Paul Fitoussi Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress
Editorial
22/09/2009
With milk spilling over on all sides, notes on a predictable crisis
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Point of view
14/09/2009
Are the foundations of the Doha Round well grounded?
Bastien Gibert, Expert, and Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Focus on issues
14/09/2009
Regulating large-scale agricultural land acquisitions and leases
By Olivier de Schutter U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food
A look at the news
07/09/2009
An Action-packed Fall
A look at the news
07/09/2009
The Need to Unify Views on Agriculture
Focus on issues
07/09/2009
The U.S. Senate denounces excessive speculation on agricultural futures markets
Report from the U.S. Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations
Editorial
07/09/2009
“The current crisis obliges us to re-plan our journey and to set ourselves new rules”
Caritas in veritate, Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI
A look at the news
20/07/2009
Agricultural Policy: New Minister, Same Course
Point of view
20/07/2009
Does the European Union Still Have the Means to Realize its Ambitions?
Catherine Guy-Quint, Former Member of the European Parliament (1999-2009)
Focus on issues
20/07/2009
Policy shifts can be penny wise but dollar foolish
Daryll E. Ray, directeur de l’APAC
A look at the news
13/07/2009
A 20% drop in farmers’ incomes in 2008
Personal accounts
13/07/2009
The Burkina Faso Fonds de Lissage: “Since the 2006-2007 Harvest, the System Is Working”
an interview with André Pouillès-Duplaix, Deputy Director of the Operational Technical Division of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) , José Tissier and Anne Legile, project managers, « agricultural and rural development » (AFD)
Focus on issues
29/06/2009
« Making markets work for the hungry poor »
Extract from the World Food Program’s (WFP) Report, “Hunger and Markets”
Editorial
29/06/2009
« Sustainable development to cope with the climate, energy and food crises »
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
A look at the news
22/06/2009
1.02 billion starving people in the world
A look at the news
15/06/2009
“A child dies of hunger every 6 seconds”
Focus on issues
15/06/2009
Agricultural support policies are the rule, not the exception
Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
A look at the news
08/06/2009
Milk: a hasty and inadequate agreement
Personal accounts
08/06/2009
Uncertainty And Price Volatility Of Agricultural Commodities - Why this workshop?
Bertrand Munier, IAE de Paris-Sorbonne’s Graduate Business School, Arts & Métiers ParisTech, and ESTP
Point of view
08/06/2009
We need a revolution in our understanding of how agricultural markets operate
Bastien Gibert & Paul-Florent Montfort, conseillers de momagri
A look at the news
25/05/2009
Land Purchases Grab Experts’ Attention
Focus on issues
25/05/2009
« No time to get greedy »
Daryll E. Ray, APAC
Editorial
25/05/2009
World Bank not Ready to Place Agriculture at the Center of Development Policies
Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Personal accounts
18/05/2009
“Free agricultural trade will never guarantee the quantity, quality and security of what we eat”
Interview with Marcel Groleau, President of the Quebec Federation of Dairy Producers
Focus on issues
18/05/2009
Canada’s Business Risk Management (BRM) Program for Agriculture
Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
A look at the news
11/05/2009
Milk: the situation goes sour
A look at the news
11/05/2009
A billion starving people in the world
Point of view
11/05/2009
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Advocates Monitoring Speculation in Agricultural Futures Exchanges
Paul-Florent Montfort, chargé d’études de momagri
A look at the news
04/05/2009
Agribusiness, a Weapon Against the Crisis?
Focus on issues
04/05/2009
Will the swine flu cause a u-turn at the European Commission?
Paul-Florent Montfort, chargé d’études de momagri
A look at the news
27/04/2009
The Dairy Crisis Reaches Spain
Focus on issues
27/04/2009
Ghana Between Food Insecurity and the Financial Crisis
By Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Editorial
27/04/2009
« Fighting food scarcity and environmental degradation in times of economic crisis »
By Franz Fischler, former European Commissioner for Agriculture
Point of view
20/04/2009
For Paul Krugman, “We Are Wrong to Overlook the Food Crisis”
Address delivered by Paul Krugman, 2008 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, in Brussels on March 17, 2009
Focus on issues
20/04/2009
« Thailand and Vietnam offer a pattern for international agricultural policy? »
Daryll E. Ray, Director, APAC
Focus on issues
13/04/2009
“Fighting Price Volatility for Consumers, Processors and Producers”
Report of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE)
Editorial
13/04/2009
“The CAP in the face of the economic and financial crisis”
Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
A look at the news
06/04/2009
An Additional €1B for European Agriculture
Focus on issues
06/04/2009
Food Security: A Timely Political Issue
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
A look at the news
30/03/2009
Milk: a long way towards regulation…
A look at the news
30/03/2009
Doha goes on and on
Point of view
30/03/2009
Food Security: An Absolute Priority for the G-20 Summit
Press release Paris, March 30, 2009
Focus on issues
30/03/2009
Far from Preventing it, a WTO Agreement on Agriculture Could Drive the World Straight to Protectionism!
By Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President of momagri
Editorial
23/03/2009
Regulation : factor of growth of the world’s economy
Paul-Florent Montfort, chargé d’études de momagri
A look at the news
16/03/2009
G20 torn between revival and regulation
Point of view
16/03/2009
A Global Organization for the 21st Century
By Bertrand Munier, Chief Economist, momagri
Focus on issues
16/03/2009
Can we manage this crisis differently? Bailing out the poor, not just the banks
By Minouche Shafik, Permanent Secretary of the British Department for International Development (DFID)
Focus on issues
09/03/2009
Reducing Uncertainty Is Top Priority for IMF Chief Economist
by momagri Editorial Board
Editorial
09/03/2009
“Doha round will not prevent another food crisis”
A report by Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food On his mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
A look at the news
06/03/2009
Milk still hasn’t come out of it’s dead end
A look at the news
02/03/2009
Agriculture: A « trendy » sector?
Point of view
02/03/2009
Coop Fédérée and momagri Take a Stand on the WTO’s Doha Round Current Negotiations
Coop Fédérée Press Release, Quebec
Focus on issues
02/03/2009
Doha Round’s Return into Favor Calls for Caution
by momagri Editorial Board
A look at the news
23/02/2009
Recycling Food Waste to Fight World Hunger
Personal accounts
23/02/2009
The Illusionary Perception of Term Markets: Now is the Time to Reintroduce Pragmatism in a World Noted for its Blind Devotion to Liberalism
An interview of Christian Pèes, Founder and Vice President of momagri, Chairman of the Board of Groupe Euralis
Editorial
23/02/2009
On agricultural markets, a sole certainty in 2009: price volatility
Momagri’s Editorial Department
A look at the news
16/02/2009
Doha, a bombshell or a real political will
NAR Agency
16/02/2009
Which Propositions to Reform Rating Agencies?
French National Assembly Information Report No. 1291 presented by Daniel Garrigue, Member from Dordogne 2nd District
Point of view
09/02/2009
McGuinness Report: An encouraging step forward, requiring further support
Momagri’s Editorial Department
Focus on issues
09/02/2009
Worst Financial Crisis in Decades and the Usual Remedies Are Unavailable
Daryll E. Ray, APAC
A look at the news
02/02/2009
Madrid Summit : little progress
Personal accounts
02/02/2009
Food crisis, energy crisis, development crisis: Reconnect with Forgotten Crops!
Interview with General V. Lanata, former Chief of Staff of the French Air Force
Focus on issues
02/02/2009
Maurice Allais: An Economic Visionary
momagri Editorial Board
A look at the news
26/01/2009
Germany Wants an “Agricultural Davos”
Focus on issues
26/01/2009
With no Doha Conclusion in Sight, WTO Considers how to Proceed
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Personal accounts
19/01/2009
2009: The Year of Truth for the Dairy Industry
Interview of Jehan Moreau, Executive Director, ATLA
momagri model
12/01/2009
Enhancing the momagri Model
Bastien Gibert, conseiller de momagri
Editorial
12/01/2009
Agriculture should be an international priority in 2009
Jacques Diouf, FAO’s General Manager & Jean Michel Severino, AFD’s General Manager
Point of view
05/01/2009
Building agricultural and food policy from the ground up, starting with key concepts
Daryll E. Ray, Director of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Centre (APAC)
NAR Agency
05/01/2009
Why is it Imperative to Set Up a Ratings Agency for Agriculture?
by momagri’s Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President and Bastien Gibert, Expert of momagri
Year 2008
A look at the news
15/12/2008
Farmers’ Income Once Again Hostage to Markets
Focus on issues
15/12/2008
End of the Deadlock for the Dairy Industry ?
by momagri’s editorial board
A look at the news
08/12/2008
Soon a billion under-fed in the world
A look at the news
08/12/2008
Towards an « African CAP » ?
Focus on issues
08/12/2008
For the World Bank, No Risk of World Food Shortage
by momagri’s editorial board
Personal accounts
01/12/2008
International food demand must urgently become solvable
Interview of Frédéric Descrozaille, General Manager of Interfel
Focus on issues
01/12/2008
For a new international cooperation
by Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President of momagri
A look at the news
24/11/2008
More and More “Made in China” Foodstuff
Focus on issues
24/11/2008
The Dairy Industry Crisis: A Case Study
Momagri’s Editorial board
A look at the news
17/11/2008
Boosting food crops in Africa
A look at the news
17/11/2008
When can we expect a G20 summit on agriculture?
Personal accounts
17/11/2008
The new situation on markets requests a new vision in order to measure the risks: this is the role of the momagri model
Interview of Pr. Bertrand R. Munier, Chief Economist of momagri
Focus on issues
17/11/2008
Financial Stability and Agricultural Markets Stability as Global Public Goods?
by momagri’s Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President, and Bastien Gibert, Economic Advisor
A look at the news
03/11/2008
Ethanol production isn’t profitable anymore.
Personal accounts
03/11/2008
The financial crisis isn’t over yet
Interview of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, General Manager of the IMF
Focus on issues
03/11/2008
The necessary development of a crop insurance
A report by Daniel Soulage, Senator of the Lot et Garonne department
Focus on issues
27/10/2008
Is extremism in the name of free markets a virtue or a vice?
Daryll E. Ray, Director of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Editorial
27/10/2008
For a long term strategic vision of the CAP
COPA-COGECA
A look at the news
20/10/2008
How about a Paulson plan for agriculture?
Point of view
20/10/2008
A Few Remarks to Break the European Union Deadlock on the Future of the CAP
Bastien Gibert, Expert of momagri
Focus on issues
20/10/2008
Africa, the symbol of the failure of liberal policies
The Momagri editorial team
A look at the news
13/10/2008
Pascal Lamy Stays the Course
A look at the news
13/10/2008
Confrontations on Milk Price
Personal accounts
13/10/2008
Breaking from the « Naive Liberal Vision”
An Interview with Emmanuel Coste, Chairman of the Grillon Cooperative Group and Founding Member of momagri
A look at the news
29/09/2008
Chinese Milk in Turmoil
Point of view
29/09/2008
Should We Revel in Doha’s Failure?
Jacques Carles, momagri’s Executive Vice President & Bastien Gibert, momagri’s Economic Adviser
Focus on issues
29/09/2008
International Financial Institutions and the Food Crisis
Momagri’s Editorial Board
Focus on issues
22/09/2008
What Governance for International Agricultural Markets?
Daryll E. Ray, director of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Editorial
22/09/2008
What Can we Learn from the Recent Drop in Agricultural Prices?
Bastien Gibert, Expert of momagri
A look at the news
15/09/2008
Biofuel Reshapes Latin America’s Agriculture
Focus on issues
15/09/2008
Promoting Agricultural Exception
Momagri’s Editorial Board
Point of view
08/09/2008
One Cheer for Global Trade Talks
Sandra Polaski, Director Trade, Equity and Development Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington, DC
Editorial
28/07/2008
Daring in Order to Act
Dominique Lasserre, Expert of momagri