The Economic Research Department strengthens, develops and disseminates Unigrains’ expertise on the evolution of the different agri-food and agro-industry markets, the strategies of of the players and their positioning in France and abroad. It provides economic intelligence by analyzing the underlying trends that will guide future developments in the agri-food industry and guidance to partner companies in understanding the opportunities and challenges of tomorrow.
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Over the long term, European listed agri-food stocks clearly outperform the European market. Over the last ten years, the IAA 80* gained 6.1% per year on average compared with negative stability of -0.3% for the European market represented by the MSCI Europe index**, which has not yet recouped the losses caused by the 2008 financial
Carso is a European leader in analytical services. Originally based in the Lyon region, the group currently has 30 laboratories in France and 10 establishments in Europe. Since its creation in 1992, Carso has developed its business around six complementary businesses: water and the environment, construction and industrial hygiene, agri-food, energy and mining, forensics, and
Bruno Schnepp, CEO Carso Group
World population is growing at a rate of 50 million per year. By 2050, there could be over 9 billion people on the planet. At the same time, a World Bank report indicates that the middle classes (daily income of $2 to $20 dollars) will grow considerably in the future, from 1.8 billion in 2010
The European Union, and particularly France, is an exception this season with a 2016 crop affected by unprecedented climate conditions, in a global context where all major producer and exporter countries around the world have recorded bumper crops. With a volume estimated at 753m tonnes by the CIC in April 2017, world production reached a
In recent years, globalisation has swept across borders, boosting global trade and accelerating exchanges, favouring immediacy over long-term reflection… Reactions to this groundswell currently take various forms: nationalism, obscurantist terrors, customs barriers, economic sanctions… To put it mildly, our environment is marked by great uncertainty and growing instability that make any decision requiring forward-planning very