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Publications publié le 17 September 2024

A study on “the unfair price of our food”

8 million French people find themselves in a situation of food insecurity. At least 2 million people are forced to rely on food aid to feed themselves. The number of diabetics has increased by 160% in 20 years. 18% of (…)

Publications publié le 18 June 2024

A German coffee market characterized by a disconnection in prices

Our latest study on value, costs and profits’ distribution in the coffee value chain, commissioned by Global Coffee Platform, IDH and Solidaridad Network, revealed on June 18, 2024, show a disconnection between farmer prices (…)

Publications publié le 28 April 2023

First study on the distribution of value and impact of living income implementation in mine-to-market value chains

Providing living wages and incomes to workers at mica mines and processors is a vital step on the path to lift workers, their families, and their communities out of poverty and exploitation and toward a life of self-sufficiency and (…)

Publications publié le 20 September 2022

Analysis of the cocoa and chocolate value chains in Germany

On 20 September 2022, BASIC published a study on the cocoa and chocolate value chains in Germany. The analysis was commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), the (…)

Publications publié le 30 November 2021

Pesticides: a model that’s costing us dearly

Pesticides are often in the news. We can read or hear about them in new research publications, political agendas, and numerous campaigns and press releases. Meanwhile, the future of European agriculture and sustainable food systems (…)

Publications publié le 5 November 2021

The financial model of DAX 30 companies in the light of the ecological and social transition

Our study analyzes how DAX 30 companies have used their profits in the past few years: between 2009 and 2020, payments to shareholders rose by 85%, almost twice as much as profits (after tax) which rose by 48%, while the proportion (…)

Publications publié le 3 November 2021

Unraveling the issues of digitalisation in agriculture and food value chains

Digital technologies have become an integral part of our daily lives, changing the way the economy and society as a whole work. To what extent is it also changing the agricultural and food sectors today? Our study highlights the (…)

Publications publié le 28 September 2021

Food sustainable labels and standards: a new analytical framework to make things clearer

An innovative methodology developed by BASIC has been applied to analyze the impacts of 11 sustainability labels in 15 product categories on the French food market. Based on a comprehensive literature review, the study investigates (…)

Publications publié le 9 February 2021

Pesticides: big goals but few financial resources

Confronted with increasing health and environmental impacts, France and the European Union have set ambitious targets to reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture (notably through the French Ecophyto plan). However, the pesticide (…)

Publications publié le 9 February 2021

French public aid to agriculture projects in the Global South: the schizophrenia of the government

The database developed by BASIC on the agricultural projects funded by the French State in countries eligible to Official Development Assistance enables to query on 1,500 keywords and variants. It has required the consolidation and (…)