IFPRI- AMIS Policy Seminar Series
Making Sense of Food and Agriculture Markets
Worldwide, the number of people facing acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2017, and tight supplies and food inflation have reached their highest levels in many years. In January 2023, IFPRI and the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) jointly launched the IFPRI-AMIS seminar series on Making Sense of Food and Agriculture Markets to provide in-depth analysis of current events affecting global agricultural markets and food security.
Launched in 2011 by the G20 Ministers of Agriculture, AMIS is an interagency platform that aims to enhance food market transparency and policy responses for food security. AMIS brings together the principal trading countries of agricultural commodities to assess global food supplies (focusing on wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans) and provide a platform to coordinate policy action in times of market uncertainty.
Latest Events
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November 18, 2025, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Trading the Crosswinds: Macroeconomic Outlook, Trade Policy Uncertainty, and Agricultural Commodity Markets
Prospects for global grain and oilseed production remain broadly favorable, but the agricultural trade environment continues to face significant uncertainties. Trade policy developments—including the potential for retaliatory measures—are reshaping traditional…
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October 21, 2025, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Navigating the Food Security Nexus: Commodity Prices, Inflation, and Exchange Rates
Join us for a seminar exploring the complex interplay between global food commodity prices and domestic food price inflation, and the implications for food security. Drawing on recent analytical work…
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September 16, 2025, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Fertilizers in a Shifting Global Landscape – Trends, Trade, and Sustainability
Fertilizers—both mineral and organic—are indispensable inputs in modern agriculture. Yet, recent years have seen unprecedented volatility in fertilizer prices, trade flows, and policy responses, reshaping the landscape for producers, traders,…
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May 13, 2025, 9:30 – 11:00 am
2025 Outlook for Wheat, Maize, and Soybean Crops
Global grain and oilseed markets are facing great uncertainty as producers in the northern hemisphere complete their spring plantings. While some dryness has affected winter crop regions in both North…
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March 4, 2025, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Biofuels and the Global Vegetable Oil Market
Production of biodiesel fuel in Brazil, the European Union, Indonesia, and the United States has grown by nearly 40 percent over the past five years, driven largely by subsidies and…








