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Algeria Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Algeria Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: With annual food imports amounting to an estimated US$3.3bn, or 15% of the country's overall import bill, Algeria is one of the largest importers of agricultural goods in Africa. Besides t... Read More

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Argentina Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Argentina Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: A perennial export powerhouse, Argentine crop and livestock production continues to underperform under the weight of consistent price controls, labour strife and weather problems. The pric... Read More

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Australia Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Asia / Australia Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: We maintain our optimistic outlook for production across the different Australian agricultural sectors in 2011/12. We expect the strongest output growth in wheat and livestock, and believe... Read More

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Bangladesh Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / Bangladesh Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Fighting inflation remains a core priority of the government in the near term and the government will increase imports of key grains such as wheat, rice and sugar to increase supply and kee... Read More

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Brazil Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Brazil Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Record grains plantings in Brazil are expected to mitigate the impact of lower yields following recent droughts, and we forecast corn production to increase in 2011/12. However, we expect ... Read More

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Cameroon Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Africa / Cameroon Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Cameroon should enjoy a decent 2011/12 agricultural year on the back of positive production growth for most agriculture commodities. Coffee is predicted to show the strongest growth trajec... Read More

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Canada Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: We forecast steady growth in grains output over the short term in Canada, as we do not believe the recent decision to end the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on grains trading will affect ... Read More

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Central America Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Latin America / El Salvador Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The rising tide of violent crime in Central America is a serious problem and a major concern for regional policymakers. The 'northern triangle' of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras has on... Read More

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China Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / China Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: China's agriculture industry will continue to be strongly affected by government policies which aim to ensure national food security. However, the government's recent acknowledgment of the ... Read More

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Colombia Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Colombia Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The agricultural sector was hit by further flooding in late 2011 caused by La Niña weather phenomenon, with the flooding affecting both production levels and the quality of crops. Road netw... Read More

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East Africa Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Uganda Agribusiness Industry Report

Uganda BMI View: We hold a positive outlook for the coffee sector, which has developed in recent years on the back of government support and as high global prices encouraged investment into new tree... Read More

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Egypt Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Even though Egypt food inflation has moderated since 2011's popular uprising, we still see food prices as a very sensitive political issue. Thus, we expect massive imports in most of the ag... Read More

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France Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 May 2012 Europe / France Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: We expect lower production growth for French grains in 2012/13, as cold snaps have destroyed parts of the wheat, barley and corn plantings. In addition, the recent decision by the country's... Read More

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Germany Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Europe / Germany Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: After 2011's wheat harvest disappointed due to adverse weather conditions, more of the same is expected for 2012. The very cold winter weather in the early part of 2012, followed by a lack ... Read More

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Ghana Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Africa / Ghana Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The cocoa sector will remain Ghana's most important agriculture sector over the coming years. High prices in previous years have prompted several government problems to increase output, and... Read More

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Greece Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Greece Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The outlook for Greek industry, including its agricultural sector, continues to worsen. We maintain our view for dairy and grains production to slow in 2011/12 as difficult credit condition... Read More

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India Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / India Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: While 2011/12 and 2012/13 are expected to be promising years for the Indian agriculture sector, given better prospects for crops, we are less optimistic about the policy landscape for the i... Read More

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Indonesia Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 04 May 2012 Asia / Indonesia Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Overall, we hold an optimistic outlook towards the country's agriculture sector and see significant growth opportunities in sub-sectors such as livestock, palm oil and cocoa. However, while... Read More

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Iran Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Middle East / Iran Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The prospect of prolonged sanctions against Iran will be in the spotlight over the next few quarters. In addition to affecting the country's economic development, the impact on agriculture ... Read More

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Italy Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Italy Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: With the country's economic outlook bleak on most fronts, we do not foresee much investment into the Italian agriculture sector. In fact, a contraction in growth could lead to a dearth in c... Read More

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Japan Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Asia / Japan Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: While we understand Japan's intent to increase imports in order to satisfy domestic demand, we highlight that over the short term, demand for certain commodities - specifically soybean - is... Read More

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Kazakhstan Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Kazakhstan Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Weather problems in the Black Sea region have affected grains plantings in Kazakhstan, which underpin our forecast for grains production to be slightly lower in 2012/13. This, combined with... Read More

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Malaysia Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Malaysia Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: In the short term, we also note the political scrutiny of the agriculture sector due to the unearthing of a corruption scandal involving the livestock sector. We will not be surprised to se... Read More

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Mexico Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Mexico Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The worst droughts in Mexico's recorded history caused severe damage to crops in late 2011 and early 2012. Extreme lack of rainfall has hit almost 70% of the country. The northern states of... Read More

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Morocco Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Africa / Morocco Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: We remain positive about Morocco's agricultural sector and do not believe recent FTAs signed with the EU (and in signing with Canada) will discourage domestic production. In fact, domestic ... Read More

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Mozambique Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Africa / Mozambique Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Three weather systems - tropical storm Chandra, subtropical depression Dando and, most recently, tropical cyclone Funso - are estimated to have destroyed 100,000 hectares of agricultural la... Read More

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New Zealand Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Asia / New Zealand Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Despite expectations that Chinese import demand for whole milk powder will slow, and the spectre of additional environmental regulations, New Zealand's dairy sector appears to be largely i... Read More

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Nigeria Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Nigeria Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: While growth output is strong for most of the commodities we analyse in this report, agriculture in Nigeria suffers from insufficient investment and developmental mismanagement. The Minist... Read More

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Pakistan Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / Pakistan Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: In 2011/12, we expect the Pakistani agriculture sector to reap record harvests for key crops such as rice, sugar and cotton owing to favourable weather in 2011 and the year-on-year increase... Read More

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Peru Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Latin America / Peru Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Agricultural export revenue grew by 23% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2011, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. The primary export products are coffee, which grew by 58% y-o-y in ... Read More

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Philippines Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Philippines Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: According to official reports, 2011 saw a year-on-year 2.3% growth in farm output, as favourable weather boosted grain production. We expect Philippines to be a less important factor in gl... Read More

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Poland Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Poland Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: While competition from Russia and Ukraine could reduce demand for Polish meat exports, we expect the Polish poultry and beef sectors to remain significant contributors to the country's agr... Read More

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Romania Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Romania Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: On the back of a bumper grains harvest in 2011/12 expected to provide livestock and dairy producers with cheap feed in 2012, elevated grain stocks encouraging farmers to take advantage of h... Read More

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Russia Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 11 May 2012 Europe / Russia Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Despite recent fears that winterkill would reduce grains output in 2012/13, we still expect a small increase in Russian wheat production. Indeed, the real damage to plantings has been less ... Read More

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Saudi Arabia Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 17 Feb 2012 Middle East / Saudi Arabia Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The Saudi Arabian government's drive to reduce grain production in order to conserve water in the desert country has turned it into one of the world's largest importers. We are therefore ca... Read More

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South Africa Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / South Africa Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Our new forecasts, which reflect the most recent government and industry data and extend to 2016, envisage positive production growth for all of South Africa's agribusiness sub-sectors over... Read More

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South Korea Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / South Korea Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: We believe that the implementation of the Korea-US free trade agreement in March 2012 will be the final nail in the coffin for South Korea's agriculture sector. The government has pledged ... Read More

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Southern Africa Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Agribusiness Industry Report

Angola BMI View: There have been only minor changes in South West Africa since our last update, including some investment in the Angolan sugar sector. Food security, always of prime concern in the r... Read More

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Spain Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Europe / Spain Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Severe droughts in Spain's main growing regions in recent months have severely affected grain crops during plantings. As a result, we have revised down our forecasts for wheat, corn and bar... Read More

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Tanzania Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Africa / Tanzania Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The sugar and coffee sectors are expected to outperform in 2011/12 owing to increased investment from the Tanzanian government and foreign corporates. The government has announced plans to... Read More

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Thailand Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Asia / Thailand Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The Thai agriculture sector consistently contributes an average 11% to the country's GDP and employs about one-third of the total working population. Given the estimated destruction of abou... Read More

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Turkey Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 11 May 2012 Europe / Turkey Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: On the back of new information from the Turkish Statistical Office, we have increased our forecasts for 2011/12 grains production. Wheat output, in particular, is likely to be higher than ... Read More

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Ukraine Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Ukraine Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: We highlight significant downside risks to our production forecasts for 2012/13 as grains plantings in Ukraine have been badly affected by droughts. We believe this could limit the country'... Read More

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United Kingdom Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / United Kingdom Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Increased plantings, driven by elevated global prices and increased export opportunities, will encourage wheat production in the UK in 2012/13. On the back of recent signals from the Europe... Read More

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United States Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 North America / United States Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The vital US grains sector is expected to rebound in the 2012/13 season as soil conditions improve and high prices result in record plantings. The country's livestock sector (particularly b... Read More

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Venezuela Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: Data for 2011 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands demonstrate mixed results for the first year of President Hugo Chávez's government's two-year plan for the agricultural sector, the ... Read More

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Vietnam Agribusiness Report

Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Vietnam Agribusiness Industry Report

BMI View: The agriculture industry (including forestry and aquaculture) contributes more than 20% of Vietnam's GDP and employs almost half its population. The central bank in early February 2012 cut ... Read More

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