A new vision for agriculture
momagri, movement for a world agricultural organization, is a think tank chaired by Pierre Pagesse.
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.
Year 2013
Focus on issues
20/05/2013
Does the hunger for farmland acquisitions threaten global food security?
Jean-Philippe Payet, Strategic Intelligence Consultant, expert in investment attraction strategies
Point of view
20/05/2013
”Large-scale maneuvers over the CAP are in the offing”
Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President of momagri and President of Carles & Associés momagri’s point of view published in Terre-net Magazine
Focus on issues
13/05/2013
Adjusting farm policy in light of changing societal concern
Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, APAC
Focus on issues
13/05/2013
“More transparency at last?”
The Berne Declaration (BD)
Focus on issues
29/04/2013
We need a global food safety agency: reflections on the hidden jurisprudence of the WTO
Francis Snyder, Professor of law, Peking University School of Transnational Law
Personal accounts
29/04/2013
“A wild dream: Smart financial regulation”
Claude Bébéar, Honorary Chairman of the AXA Groupe, Founder and Chairman of the Institut Montaigne, Interview for the ParisTech Review
Focus on issues
22/04/2013
The Euro exchange rate: the return of a differentiated Franco-German vision
Thierry Pouch, Head of Economic Studies at the Permanent Assemblies of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Focus on issues
22/04/2013
Trusting farmers to protect biodiversity
Frédéric Hénin, Editor in chief, Terre-net Article published on Terre-net Média
A look at the news
22/04/2013
“French farmers, Time for outrage!”
Focus on issues
15/04/2013
Crisis or opportunity in the multilateral trade system?
Sophia Murphy, Senior Advisor, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Focus on issues
08/04/2013
The competitiveness of the agri-food industry: a relative notion involving multiple determining factors
Frédéric Courleux and Marie-Sophie Dedieu, Centre for Economic Study and Forecasting (CEP)
A look at the news
08/04/2013
British agriculture on the edge of the abyss
Personal accounts
08/04/2013
 Employment in Africa: Think agriculture!
Philippe Egger, Director of the Bureau of Programming and Management, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Focus on issues
01/04/2013
Farming income in the EU: different dynamics in Member States
Didier Caraës, Agricultural Economy and Policy Cluster, Permanent Assemblies of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Editorial
01/04/2013
An EU/USA Free Trade Agreement: misleading?
Bastien Gibert, Advisor, momagri
Focus on issues
25/03/2013
When speculators impair a changing market
Bernard Keppenne (CBC Banque) and Antonio Gambini (CNCD), Défis Sud (SOS Faim)
Focus on issues
25/03/2013
Public Agricultural R&D in South Asia
Gert Jan Stads, Michael Rahija, IFPRI
Focus on issues
18/03/2013
A Green light from the European Parliament for CAP 2014/2020 negotiations with Brussels
Frédéric Hénin, Editor in chief, Terre-net Article published on Terre-net Média
A look at the news
18/03/2013
The threat of a new food crisis is looming…
Focus on issues
11/03/2013
Where does Ireland stand?
Thierry Pouch, Head of Economic Studies at the Permanent Assemblies of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Focus on issues
11/03/2013
Defensible farm policy: Help protect farm incomes during the bad times
By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
04/03/2013
India struggling to export and stock 30 Mt of wheat
Frédéric Hénin, Editor in chief, Terre-net Article published on Terre-net Média
Focus on issues
04/03/2013
Ag swaps: A tiny boat on the vast financial data sea
By Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Focus on issues
25/02/2013
The Zero Hunger strategy in Brazil
Inter-réseaux
Focus on issues
25/02/2013
Food and nutrition security as top development goal
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Focus on issues
18/02/2013
International expert consultation on food price volatility and food security at ZEF
Joachim von Braun, Director of the Center Development Research (ZEF) Maximo Torero, Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Editorial
18/02/2013
Agreement on the budget for 2014 – 2020 : a circumstancial compromise
Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President, momagri
A look at the news
18/02/2013
The global farmland rush continues
Focus on issues
11/02/2013
Farming income in 2012: French and American disparities
Didier Caraes, Agricultural Economy and Policy Cluster Permanent Assemblies of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Focus on issues
11/02/2013
The future of agriculture: Apply what we already know works
Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA)
A look at the news
11/02/2013
Russian grain market in dire straits
A look at the news
11/02/2013
Brazil, the world leader in soybeans in 2013
Focus on issues
04/02/2013
EU reforms on food speculation to be decided in 2013: risks of new trends in food speculation and loopholes in legislation
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
Focus on issues
04/02/2013
A risky business
Sophia Murphy, Consultant and Senior Advisor, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Article published by Oxfam
A look at the news
04/02/2013
Food security discussed again in Davos
Focus on issues
28/01/2013
Agricultural revenues – Behind the figures
Pierre Boiteau, Editorial Staff Director and Frédéric Hénin, Editor in Chief, Terre-net Article paru dans Terre-net Magazine
Focus on issues
28/01/2013
Call for more responsible investments in agriculture to eradicate hunger and poverty
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Focus on issues
21/01/2013
Food crises: The ECOWAS speeds up the implementation of its ECOWAP and validates the project of regional reserves for food security
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Passerelles Synthèse
A look at the news
21/01/2013
Lower food prices (FAO), a false decline?
Focus on issues
14/01/2013
Are we headed for a “food cliff”?
Peter Shelton, Information and Knowledge Management Specialist, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Focus on issues
14/01/2013
The economic crisis and the agricultural sector
Thierry Pouch, Head of Economic Studies at the Permanent Assemblies of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Year 2012
Focus on issues
17/12/2012
FAO calls for farmer-centred approach to investment in agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Focus on issues
17/12/2012
Philippe Mangin, President Coop de France “intelligence calls for a flexible CAP 2014 with countercyclical payments”
Frédéric Hénin, Editor in Chief, Terre-net Article published in Terre-net Magazine
Focus on issues
10/12/2012
“No agricultural development without agricultural credit. Because the first investor is the farmer”
Jean-Luc François, Head of AFD 's Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Division
Focus on issues
10/12/2012
Tackling the employment challenge: Agriculture as central issue
by Bruno Losch, Research Director in economics, Cirad
A look at the news
10/12/2012
New perspectives for the CAP
A look at the news
10/12/2012
Christian Pèes elected as COGECA new president
Focus on issues
03/12/2012
Bangladesh Rice Trade and Price Stabilization Implications of the 2007/08 Experience for Public Stocks
Paul A. Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division Shahidur Rashid, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Intitutions Division International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Focus on issues
03/12/2012
The 2014-20 European budget, Very little feedback on the lack of agreement in Brussels
Frédéric Hénin, Editor in Chief, Terre-net Article published in Terre-net Magazine
Focus on issues
26/11/2012
Learning from the crisis to restore the principle of agricultural market regulation
Thierry Pouch, Head of Economic Studies at the Permanent Assemblies of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Focus on issues
26/11/2012
Financial liberalization and the Financialization of commodity markets
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Focus on issues
19/11/2012
Urgent policy actions needed to tackle food and nutrition security in the Arab world
International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI)
Press releases
19/11/2012
Agricultural policies: The European Union drops out
As revealed by results from the SGPA indicator used in the world’s four major agricultural powerhouses
A look at the news
19/11/2012
The grain crop in Kazakhstan looks morose
Point of view
12/11/2012
The momagri model forms an independent scientific board
by Bastien Gibert, Advisor, momagri
Focus on issues
05/11/2012
FAO calls for strengthened food security governance
Media Centre FAO
Focus on issues
05/11/2012
Commodity programs not needed if demand outpaces supply
Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
A look at the news
05/11/2012
What does the future hold for European food aid?
A look at the news
05/11/2012
CAP budget laminated by Union Presidency?
Focus on issues
29/10/2012
Regulating agricultural markets in the name of global food security
by Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President, momagri; La Lettre des Entretiens européens, Confrontations Europe
Focus on issues
29/10/2012
2014 CAP: The new aid architecture is becoming clearer
by Frédéric Hénin, Terre-net
A look at the news
29/10/2012
Food security in the Gulf
Focus on issues
22/10/2012
Grain reserves: A much needed discussion, though some see it as off-the-table
by Daryll E. Ray et Harwood D. Schaffer Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
22/10/2012
The contribution of the right to food to global food security: a tool not a symbol
Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food; Asian Development Bank, Gender Network
A look at the news
22/10/2012
CAP budget reform: Ireland steps up to the plate
Focus on issues
15/10/2012
In both North and South, time for an agricultural upsurge
Stephane Le Foll and Pascal Canfin’s tribune
Focus on issues
15/10/2012
The 2014 CAP: European Parliament still waiting for a budget to complete reform
by Frédéric Hénin, Terre-net
Focus on issues
08/10/2012
Implications of Productivity Growth in Pakistan: An Economy-Wide Analysis
Dario Debowicz, Paul Dorosh, Sherman Robinson and Syed Hamza Haider International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Focus on issues
08/10/2012
Can biofuels policy work for food security?
Chris Durham, Grant Davies, Tanya Bhattacharyya Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
A look at the news
08/10/2012
WTO: A code of silence on exchange rates?
A look at the news
08/10/2012
The need to assess the level of food security
Focus on issues
01/10/2012
Africa needs a new agricultural revolution says UNDP Administrator
Press Center United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Focus on issues
01/10/2012
Don’t blame the physical markets: Financialization is the root cause of oil and commodity price volatility
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Focus on issues
24/09/2012
It’s time to decide: A new farm bill or a one-year extension
Daryll E. Ray et Harwood D. Schaffer Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
17/09/2012
A strange object of desire… To feed the world
by Thierry Pouch Head of the Economic Studies Department, French Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Personal accounts
17/09/2012
The lessons not learned
by Pierre Boiteau, Director of Publications, Article published in Terre-net Magazine
Focus on issues
10/09/2012
Drought and passage of the 2012 Farm Bill
Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
A look at the news
10/09/2012
Price volatility remains a growing concern
A look at the news
10/09/2012
A new solidarity fund to deal with rising prices
Point of view
10/09/2012
Tackling the root causes of soaring food prices and world hunger
José Graziano da Silva (FAO), Kanayo F. Nwanze (IFAD) and Etharin Cousin (WFP)
Focus on issues
16/07/2012
Towards Sustainable Food Security
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Editorial
16/07/2012
Price volatility and agricultural development
by Pierre Jacquet, Chief Economist, French Development Agency (AFD)
Focus on issues
09/07/2012
G8/UE : A global financial tax, a human rights imperative now more than ever
by Olivier de Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food
A look at the news
09/07/2012
Algeria wants to set minimum prices for farmers
Point of view
09/07/2012
Senate Farm Bill proposal assumes current crop-price conditions
by Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, University of Tennessee, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
02/07/2012
Which agricultural prices for the end of 2012?
by Thierry Pouch, Head of Economic Studies at the Permanent Assemblies of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Personal accounts
02/07/2012
Rio +20: what implications for agriculture and global governance?
Carlos Sere, Chief Development Strategist International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Interview by the UN News Centre
Focus on issues
18/06/2012
Public trust is a terrible thing to waste (APAC)
by Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee
Focus on issues
11/06/2012
Current oilseed prices are changing crop rotations
by Frédéric Hénin, Editor-in-Chief, Terre-net Article published in Terre-net Magazine
A look at the news
11/06/2012
Reforming the CAP: Another CAP is possible!
Point of view
11/06/2012
Price and yield (and revenue) risks: Is insurance up to the task of handling them all?
Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer University of Tennessee, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
04/06/2012
Rising to the food challenge
French Ministry of Defense
A look at the news
04/06/2012
Towards declining agricultural revenues in 2012?
Personal accounts
04/06/2012
Trade, agriculture and food markets in West Africa: How to deal with crises?
Cheikh Tidiane DIEYE, Article published in Passerelles by ICTSD
Focus on issues
28/05/2012
The Food Security System: a new conceptual framework
Olivier Ecker, Postdoctorant, et Clemens Breisinger, Chercheur, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
A look at the news
28/05/2012
Farmland: An increasingly strategic asset
Point of view
28/05/2012
Lucas and Peterson : Crop insurance is not a safety net when prices collapse (APAC)
Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer University of Tennessee, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
21/05/2012
The public policies for stabilizing the rice market in Asia
Jo Cadilhon, Project Manager - Governance and sectors and Arnaud Millemann, student engineer at AgroParisTech Centre for Prospective Studies and the Department of Agriculture
Personal accounts
21/05/2012
The Committee of the Regions wants more trade regulation in the future CAP
momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
14/05/2012
Global Food Policies in 2011
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Editorial
14/05/2012
The CAP’s Golden Jubilee
by Thierry Pouch, Head of the Economic Studies Department Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Focus on issues
07/05/2012
Agriculture in high-growth markets Securing global food supplies
The Economist Intelligence Unit Sponsored by Passion Céréales
Point of view
07/05/2012
Food sovereignty under the new scenarios
A debate coordinated by the “Mission Agro-biosciences” with Philippe Chalmin, Economics Professor at the Paris-Dauphine University and Michel Merlet, Agronomist and Director of the AGTER Association
A look at the news
30/04/2012
“Safety nets”, a mechanism in vogue?
Personal accounts
30/04/2012
Europe weeps, America smiles
Thierry Pouch, Head of Economic Studies of the Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA)
Chiffres clé
30/04/2012
The equivalent of 46 times the world’s wheat production is traded every year on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Since over 80% of these transactions are not made at the Chicago exchange but on OTC markets
Focus on issues
23/04/2012
Agriculture, a strategic sector for Brazil’s economic growth
by Hiba El Dahr, Agronomist, Development and International Trade, Center for Studies and Strategic Foresight, French Ministry of Agriculture
Editorial
23/04/2012
China: a growing need for grain
Frederic Henin, editor of Terre-Net and Thierry Pouch, an economist at the Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture Article published in Terre-net Magazine (No. 15)
A look at the news
23/04/2012
The risk of a price reversal for milk?
Focus on issues
16/04/2012
The role of China in the global governance of agriculture
by Jo Cadilhon, Céline Laisney and Catherine Rivoal, Agro-economists with the Center for Studies and Strategic Foresight French Ministry of Agriculture
Point of view
16/04/2012
Innovation in Agriculture
Bill Gates, Co-President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Chiffres clé
09/04/2012
Agricultural price volatility, A specific and dangerous phenomenon for food security
Ever since agricultural markets have existed, agricultural prices have always been volatile.
Chiffres clé
09/04/2012
Is France still a major agricultural powerhouse?
France is The European Union’s largest producer and its second largest exporter
Focus on issues
02/04/2012
Global crises and food insecurity: Has the time for reform finally come?
Eric Hazard, Agricultural Economist, Oxfam Regional Economic Justice Manager. Head of the CULTIVONS Campaign in West Africa. Article published by ICTSD
momagri model
02/04/2012
Economic modeling and complex thinking The case of financialized commodity markets
By Bertrand Munier, Professor, Institut d’Administration des Entreprises de Paris and GRID-GREGOR. Affiliate Professor, New York University Polytechnic Institute. Chief Economist, momagri
A look at the news
02/04/2012
Has CAP reform been postponed until 2014?
Chiffres clé
19/03/2012
The average size of French farms is 135 acres
The average size of French farms is 135 acres––three times smaller than in the United States
Chiffres clé
19/03/2012
Since 2001, strategic purchases of agricultural land have accounted for 15 percent of worldwide farmland
Since 2001, investment funds have acquired a total of 560 million acres of farmland
Editorial
12/03/2012
Agriculture for reindustrialisation!
Pierre Boiteau, Managing Editor of Terre-net Media Article published in Terre-net Magazine (No. 14)
Chiffres clé
12/03/2012
For French farmers, incomes can vary by over one- third from one year to the next!
In 2008, the average annual income1 of French farmers was €25,300
Chiffres clé
12/03/2012
With close to 40 % of the global workforce, agriculture is the world’s largest provider of jobs
Agriculture employs over 1.3 billion people throughout the world, or close to 40 percent of the global workforce
Chiffres clé
05/03/2012
In France, 18% of the workforce is employed by the agro-food sector
In 2010, 970,000 people were working in farming
Chiffres clé
05/03/2012
The European Union is the world's 2nd largest agricultural producer
Rankings of the world’s major agricultural producers
Chiffres clé
27/02/2012
Every single day, over 550 acres of agricultural land, the equivalent of four average-size farms, are disappearing in France
Between 1960 and 2010, France’s Utilized Agricultural Area (SAU) fell from 89 million to 67 million acres, a decline of 25 percent.
Chiffres clé
27/02/2012
France is gradually losing its place among major agricultural export powerhouses
After ranking as the world’s second largest exporter until 1995, France is now only the fourth largest exporter of agricultural products.
Chiffres clé
20/02/2012
Agricultural and food production still one of the top three exporting sectors
In 2011, French agricultural and food exports accounted for over €11 billion in trade surplus
Chiffres clé
20/02/2012
More than one in two people suffering from hunger worldwide is a farmer
925 million people worldwide are going hungry
Focus on issues
13/02/2012
Are relocators relocatable?
by Frédéric Hénin, Editor-in-Chief, Terre-net, Article published in Terre-net Magazine
Editorial
13/02/2012
WTO defending an outdated vision of food security
Olivier de Schutter, UN right to food expert
A look at the news
13/02/2012
There is a need for CAP structural reform
Focus on issues
06/02/2012
Grain: at the heart of storage policies in West Africa
Dr. Rui Luis Silva, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development at the ECOWAS Commission, and Roger Blein, consultant to the Office of Issala French studies Grain de Sel Journal
A look at the news
06/02/2012
The crisis accentuates the rush for green gold
Point of view
06/02/2012
Agriculture: a path to regional integration in the Mediterranean?
Hiba El Dahr, Agriculture Policy Officer, International Trade and Development, Centre for prospective studies (Ministry of Agriculture)
Focus on issues
30/01/2012
A new reality requiring new rules: financialized food markets
An extract from the Oxfam Report of February 3rd, 2011
Focus on issues
23/01/2012
“G20 agriculture: What’s next?”
momagri Editorial Board
Point of view
23/01/2012
2012 Farm Bill: Will Current Premises Match the Reality of the Future?
Daryll E. Ray, University of Tennessee, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
16/01/2012
Africa’s dormant resources potential
Simon Freemantle, Senior Analyst, Standard Bank
Editorial
16/01/2012
Defining a new regulatory framework for agricultural commodity derivatives markets
By Pierre-Emmanuel Lecocq and Frédéric Courleux , Members of the Centre for Studies and Planning of the Ministry of Agriculture
Focus on issues
09/01/2012
Reform and financing of the Common Agricultural Policy
Christian Pèes, President of Euralis, Vice-President of momagri
Personal accounts
09/01/2012
“We cannot be told that we can eat when we have become competitive”
by Ibrahim Coulibaly, President, National Confederation of Farmers’ Organizations of Mali
Year 2011
Focus on issues
12/12/2011
Escaping the cycle of hunger: paths of resilience in the Sahel
Report commissioned by the Working Group on the Sahel, Published in September 2011 by Groundswell International
Editorial
12/12/2011
Food security hostage to trade in WTO negotiations
By Olivier de Schutter, UN right to food expert
Point of view
05/12/2011
Russia, reconquering grain markets
Hiba El Dahr, Agriculture Policy Officer, development and international trade Centre for Studies and Planning, Ministry of Agriculture
Focus on issues
28/11/2011
Agricultural products: Limiting volatility or mitigating its effects?
by Johanne Buba, Economist, Sustainable Development Division, French Government Strategic Analysis Center (Centre d’Analyse Stratégique or CAS)
A look at the news
28/11/2011
European food aid: a short respite
Personal accounts
28/11/2011
Global Governance for World Food Security: A Scorecard Four Years After the Eruption of the “Food Crisis”
Nora McKeon, Former Responsible for FAO-civil society relations
Focus on issues
21/11/2011
The report of the International Organization of Securities Commissions on financial regulation A significant contribution to the G20 and up-coming European negotiations
by Pierre Claquin, Adviser, Economic Analysis and Forecast Division, French Ministry of Agriculture
Point of view
21/11/2011
Farmers have consistently produced themselves out of prosperity what about this time?
Daryll E. Ray et Harwood D. Schaffer Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
14/11/2011
The challenges of a regional approach to regulate agricultural markets and manage price instability The case of Western Africa
by Arlène Alpha, Gret and Raphaël Beaujeu, Institut de Recherche et d'Application des Méthodes de Développement (Iram)
Editorial
14/11/2011
True CAP reform still remains to be seen
By Jacques Carles Executive Vice President, momagri
Focus on issues
07/11/2011
Impacts of a farm policy do-over for historical 1998 to 2010
Daryll E. Ray et Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Point of view
07/11/2011
The 2050 challenge to our global food system
Jim Harkness, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Focus on issues
31/10/2011
Why the G20 should keep buffer stocks on the agenda
Jean-Denis Crola, consultant for Oxfam
Editorial
31/10/2011
France has always been an agricultural nation
by Christian Jacob, French MP and Mayor of Provins, Chairman of the UMP Group at the French National Assembly
A look at the news
31/10/2011
A world cocoa summit to stabilize markets?
Focus on issues
24/10/2011
Managing the instability of agricultural prices in Africa, Four conditions for policy effectiveness
Elodie Maître d’Hôtel, Economist, Cirad Arlène Alpha, Economist, Gret Raphaël Beaujeu, Economist, Iram Françoise Gérard, Economist, Cirad Laurent Levard, Agro-Economist, Gret
Personal accounts
24/10/2011
What debates on agricultural policy have been revived by the agricultural crisis?
Frédéric Courleux, Economist and Head of Economic Evaluation and Analysis at the Centre for Economic Study and Forecasting (CEP)
Focus on issues
17/10/2011
Improving the International Governance of Food Security and Trade
Manzoor Ahmad, Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the WTO Former Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva Published by the ICTSD
A look at the news
17/10/2011
Kenyan farmers demand higher corn prices
Point of view
17/10/2011
Food security and national security : Learning from China’s approach to managing its wheat supplies
Jim Harkness, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Focus on issues
10/10/2011
The East Asia Emergency Rice Reserve: Gradually building a tool to regulate the rice market in East Asia
Jo Cadilhon, Agro-Economist, Center for Studies and Strategic Foresight French Ministry of Agriculture
A look at the news
10/10/2011
Emergency food stocks in West Africa
Personal accounts
10/10/2011
Agricultural Market Regulation: Lessons from History and Economic Thought
Jean-Marc Boussard, former research director at INRA and Member of the Academy of Agriculture
Focus on issues
03/10/2011
How can the international community assist developing countries to manage food price instability?
by Franck Galtier, Researcher at CIRAD Published by the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Editorial
03/10/2011
WTO Public Forum: “Doha is past its sell-by date”
Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President
A look at the news
19/09/2011
Tension on the cotton market
A look at the news
19/09/2011
Doha clearly in a stalemate
Focus on issues
12/09/2011
Meat, A sector with a growing geostrategic relevance
Momagri editorial board
A look at the news
12/09/2011
Higher farmland prices in France
A look at the news
12/09/2011
US key rates near zero: What impact for farmers?
Personal accounts
12/09/2011
Food stamp program (SNAP) taking a severe hit, as unemployment remains high
Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
05/09/2011
Today’s commodity programs: A safety net turned on its head?
by Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
A look at the news
05/09/2011
Upcoming turmoil in the global corn market?
Personal accounts
05/09/2011
G20 Agriculture Ministers meet in Paris with little result
by Sophia Murphy, senior advisor to IATP's Trade and Global Governance program
Editorial
29/08/2011
The G20 and food security
Pierre Pagesse, President of momagri
A look at the news
29/08/2011
Russia putting pressure on world wheat market
Personal accounts
29/08/2011
The failure of Stabex does not render regulating agricultural prices impossible!
Dominique Lasserre, Advisor, momagri
NAR Agency
25/07/2011
The SGPA (Global Support to Agricultural Production): full report
momagri editorial board
Editorial
25/07/2011
Agriculture: “The New Economy” of the 21st century?
Dominique Lasserre, expert of momagri
A look at the news
25/07/2011
WTO: Pascal Lamy admits “huge problems”
A look at the news
25/07/2011
Agriculture: the key to fighting world poverty
Focus on issues
18/07/2011
Rice crisis, market development and food security in West Africa
World Food Program (WFP) Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) International Center in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD) Famine Early Warning Systems Network...
Personal accounts
18/07/2011
Regulate agricultural markets to prevent agricultural and food crises and give visibility to farmers : some key principles
Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA)
Focus on issues
11/07/2011
Ghana’s Transformation: Transforming Agriculture
By John Agyekum Kufuor, Ambassadeur mondial contre la faim pour le Programme alimentaire mondial
Editorial
11/07/2011
Report on price formation in financialized commodity markets
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Editorial
04/07/2011
The G20 on Agriculture: A step in the right direction
By Dominique Lasserre, expert of momagri
A look at the news
04/07/2011
A price band to escape excessive volatility
Point of view
04/07/2011
momagri’s ten proposals to regulate speculation on agricultural commodity markets
Bertrand Munier, Chief Economist, momagri ; Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President, momagri ; Bastien Gibert, Advisor, momagri
Focus on issues
27/06/2011
Replacing the « buffer » created by world’s starving and hungry with a grain buffer
By Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
A look at the news
27/06/2011
Land acquisitions : An explosive phenomenon
A look at the news
27/06/2011
U.S. Congress puts agriculture at risk
Point of view
27/06/2011
What regulation for agricultural markets ?
By Bastien Gibert, Expert at momagri
Editorial
13/06/2011
Ukraine, a “green lode” at the heart of Europe
By Michel Terestchenko, International Project Manager, Linen of Desna
A look at the news
13/06/2011
The eternal Doha revival
Personal accounts
13/06/2011
Supply management in Canada
By Serge Lefebvre, 2e vice-président de la Fédération des producteurs d’œufs de consommation du Québec
Focus on issues
06/06/2011
Current farm programs deserve criticism - they violate original farm policy intent
By Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Point of view
06/06/2011
Regulation of agricultural commodity prices The case of the “fonds de lissage”
By Pierre-Henri Texier, Structural Engineer for Water Affairs and Forestry General Council for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas (CGAAER) French Ministry of Agriculture
Editorial
30/05/2011
Hyper-volatility on agricultural forecasts
By Bastien Gibert, Advisor, momagri
Personal accounts
30/05/2011
Prices, Food dependency and social stability
by Professor Najib Akesbi, Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Institute, Hassan II University, Rabat
Focus on issues
23/05/2011
The U.S.-Colombia trade agreement: A volatile agenda on agriculture
By Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
A look at the news
23/05/2011
Argentina no longer has “extra farmland”
A look at the news
23/05/2011
Could the new CAP planned for 2013 be postponed?
Editorial
16/05/2011
Food security and the performance of agricultural markets
by Jacques Carles, Executive Vice President, momagri and Bastien Gibert, Advisor, momagri
A look at the news
16/05/2011
A chill on agricultural commodities
Personal accounts
16/05/2011
The second International Dakar Agricultural Forum: Learning from the past, looking to the future
By Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Editorial
09/05/2011
An innovative approach to serve agricultural sectors across the globe
By Pierre Pagesse, President of Momagri
Point of view
09/05/2011
Summary of Workshops "Dakar Agricole"
by momagri Editorial Board
A look at the news
25/04/2011
G20 called to take steps against world hunger
A look at the news
18/04/2011
Europe wants to limit speculation in commodities
A look at the news
18/04/2011
Food prices are falling, but for how long?
Personal accounts
18/04/2011
Spontaneous instability on agricultural commodities markets
by Bertrand Munier, Chief Economist of Momagri, Professor, University of Paris 1 and New York Polytechnic
Focus on issues
11/04/2011
Feeding the hungry in developing countries: A growth market for US grain agriculture?
By Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Focus on issues
04/04/2011
Wall Street vs. the regulators
By Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
A look at the news
04/04/2011
Latin America, the new breadbasket of the world?
Point of view
04/04/2011
The recovery of agricultural production in Malawi: success and limits
by Mathilde Douillet, FARM foundation
Focus on issues
28/03/2011
Food security and national security
By Jim Harkness, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
Point of view
28/03/2011
Food reserves are back in the headlines
by momagri Editorial Board
Personal accounts
21/03/2011
The Farmland War
by Thierry Pouch, Permanent Assembly of the French chambers of Agriculture
Point of view
17/03/2011
What can we learn from China’s food security policy?
Pierre Pagesse Chairman of momagri & Limagrain
Focus on issues
14/03/2011
The FAO, the World Bank and the IMF are concerned about food inflation
Momagri Editorial Board
A look at the news
14/03/2011
Uncertainties on the sugar market
Focus on issues
07/03/2011
The rural poverty Report
By the experts of the international fund for agricultural development (IFAD)
A look at the news
07/03/2011
A Brazilian candidate at the FAO
A look at the news
07/03/2011
Rice reserves in Southeast Asia
Point of view
07/03/2011
Agricultural Commodity volatility: What regulation for financial markets?
momagri Editorial Board
NAR Agency
28/02/2011
Farmers adjust acreage to high prices
By Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
A look at the news
28/02/2011
Farmers are very concerned about their future
Personal accounts
28/02/2011
“Will we learn from past food crises?”
by Henri Nallet, Former French Minister of agriculture
Focus on issues
21/02/2011
The Role of Emerging Economies in Global Food Security
By Shenggen Fan and Joanna Breska, International Food Policy Research Institute
A look at the news
21/02/2011
After wheat, rice soars
Editorial
14/02/2011
Momagri at the Paris International Agricultural Show
The momagri team
Focus on issues
07/02/2011
Making US trade policy serve global food security goals
By Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Editorial
07/02/2011
New approach to the economy emerges in Davos
Momagri editorial team
Editorial
31/01/2011
Agricultural trade liberalization at the heart of debates in Berlin
Momagri Editorial Board
A look at the news
31/01/2011
The ECB is concerned about rising food prices
Focus on issues
24/01/2011
Clear Gold. Water as a strategic resource in the Middle East
By Jon B. Alterman & Michael Dziuban, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Point of view
24/01/2011
“Agriculture cannot respond to market signals”
Olivier de Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
NAR Agency
17/01/2011
A new indicator to assess agricultural subsidies.
by momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
17/01/2011
Apples: Crop stocks available as normal market supplies; Oranges: Crop stocks in a reserve
by Daryll Ray et Harwood Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
A look at the news
17/01/2011
Food prices have not been as high since 2008
Point of view
10/01/2011
Combating poverty beyond Millennium Development Goals
Yusuf Bangura, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Year 2010
NAR Agency
13/12/2010
The impact of exchange rates and monetary policy on competitiveness in agriculture:
A United States-European Union Comparative analysis
Focus on issues
13/12/2010
Agriculture, Key to the Chinese economic and social future
by Marie-Aude Even Center for Studies and outlook, French Ministry of Agriculture
A look at the news
13/12/2010
Russia boosts its agricultural imports
Focus on issues
06/12/2010
Forward thinking in agriculture and food
By the IFRAI experts
Point of view
06/12/2010
Will Europe retain its farmers?
momagri Editorial Board
Editorial
29/11/2010
China plays on interest and exchange rates to rein in "agflation"
momagri Editorial Board
A look at the news
29/11/2010
Agriculture is a strategic issue for the Vatican
Point of view
29/11/2010
A comparative approach to European and American agricultural policies
Paolo de Castro, Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Point of view
22/11/2010
The Seoul G20: What repercussions for agriculture?
momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
15/11/2010
Food reserves in practice
By Kristin Sampson, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Focus on issues
15/11/2010
Africa and Europe: Partnerships for Agricultural Development
An African Green Revolution, By the “panel Montpellier” experts
Editorial
15/11/2010
Food Security and Agricultural Strategies: What Room for Multilateral Governance?
A Momagri and Madariaga-College of Europe Conference, in Cooperation with the Committee of the Regions
A look at the news
15/11/2010
Sugar Prices surge to a 30-year High
Focus on issues
01/11/2010
The harmful effects of agricultural price volatility
Lucien Bourgeois
Point of view
01/11/2010
Oxfam wants agriculture to be at the heart of a “development Policy”
momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
25/10/2010
Food Security in the Arabian Peninsula
By Eckert Woertz, Thomas Lippman, Oliver Wilcox, Christopher Boucek, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A look at the news
25/10/2010
Corn prices are soaring in the U.S.
Point of view
25/10/2010
France and Brazil in partnership to regulate agricultural markets
momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
18/10/2010
Increased production variability
by Daryll E. Ray & Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
Editorial
11/10/2010
Scientific paper on the momagri model in Risk and Decision Analysis
by Bastien Gibert, Expert, momagri
Point of view
11/10/2010
The Jouyet report advocates the regulation of agricultural markets
by momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
04/10/2010
Will Brazil really gain by the unregulated liberalization of agricultural markets?
Paul-Florent Montfort, momagri
A look at the news
04/10/2010
Biofuel conquest in Africa
A look at the news
04/10/2010
Domino effect of wheat on meat
Point of view
04/10/2010
What kind of CAP reform might we expect?
by Dominique Lasserre, Advisor, momagri
Editorial
27/09/2010
World Hunger: There may be more than meets the eye
by Bastien Gibert, Advisor, momagri
A look at the news
27/09/2010
The EU targets grain stocks and futures markets
Point of view
27/09/2010
The milk issue as symbol of mismanaged agricultural commodity markets
by momagri Editorial Board
Focus on issues
20/09/2010
The EU imports the equivalent of a third of its farmland
By momagri Editorial Board
Editorial
20/09/2010
The regulation of financialized commodity markets. Yes, but how?
By Bastien Gibert, Expert, Momagri
Focus on issues
13/09/2010
Food Crisis Far From Over
Shimelse Ali, Economist in the Carnegie Endowment for Internationak Peace (CEIP)
Focus on issues
06/09/2010
Which CAP for which European agriculture after 2013 ?
A synthesis on the work of “CAP 2013” by the French Society of Agriculture Gilles Bazin
Editorial
06/09/2010
How can one single country undermine global markets
by Paul-Florent Montfort, Analyst, momagri
Editorial
26/07/2010
The European Parliament Adopts the Lyon Report, A breakthrough for CAP Reform
Dominique Lasserre, Expert of momagri
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
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
A look at the news
24/05/2010
The escalating food crisis in Niger.
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
Editorial
10/05/2010
AGRICULTURE: STILL THE POOR RELATIVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
By Bastien Gibert, Expert, momagri
A look at the news
10/05/2010
One billion hungry people
Focus on issues
03/05/2010
Scaling up Nutrition: A Framework for Action
International Nutrition Foundation
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
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
26/04/2010
Cloud of Ash and Food Security
Focus on issues
19/04/2010
Battling world hunger by increasing global production?
Daryll E. Ray, APAC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Focus on issues
08/02/2010
Paris declaration for a Common Agricultural and Food Policy
Ministère de l’Agriculture, France
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
Press releases
21/01/2010
momagri Awarded the 2010 Choiseul Prize
Point of view
21/01/2010
momagri Awarded the 2010 Choiseul Prize
by momagri’s Editorial Board
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
18/01/2010
For Haiti, earthquake and agricultural disaster
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
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
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
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
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
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
Editorial
16/11/2009
20 years on… The challenges of new capitalism
By Bastien Gibert, Expert of momagri
A look at the news
16/11/2009
Hunger is not a fatality
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
A look at the news
09/11/2009
Agriculture on Facebook.
Editorial
02/11/2009
Agricultural policies: the history of a changing trend
By Bastien Gibert, Expert of momagri
A look at the news
02/11/2009