Cereal Secrets: The world's largest grain traders and global agriculture

Murphy, Sophia; Burch, David; Clapp, Jennifer

dc.contributor.author	Murphy, Sophia	*
dc.contributor.author	Burch, David	*
dc.contributor.author	Clapp, Jennifer	*
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-03T08:44:00Z	en
dc.date.available	2012-08-03T08:44:00Z	en
dc.date.issued	2012-08-03
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-78077-150-2
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/237131
dc.description	The world's largest commodity traders have a significant impact on the modern agri-food system. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus, are dominant traders of grain globally and central to the food system, but their role is poorly understood. This report considers the traders - collectively known as the ABCDs - in relation to several global issues pressing on agriculture: the 'financialization' of both commodity trade and agricultural production; the emergence of global competitors to the ABCDs; and some implications of large-scale industrial biofuels, a sector in which the ABCDs are closely involved. The report includes a discussion of how smallholders in developing countries are affected by these changes, and highlights some development policy implications. The report highlights the ways in which these four firms are decisive actors in the global restructuring of the overlapping food, feed, and fuel complexes that is now under way, and considers how the firms are evolving as they respond to and shape new pressures and opportunities in the food system.	en_US
dc.format.extent	80	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	Spanish	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam International	en_US
dc.relation.url	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/cereal-secrets-the-worlds-largest-grain-traders-and-global-agriculture-237131
dc.subject	Food and livelihoods
dc.subject	Trade
dc.title	Cereal Secrets: The world's largest grain traders and global agriculture	en_US
dc.type	Research report	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Brazil	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Agriculture	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Food security	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Food production	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Land rights	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Smallholder agriculture	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Biofuels	en_US
dc.year.issuedate	2012	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-16T15:17:29Z