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Event Published on 22 April 2025

Interview on France 24 TV channel

Christophe Alliot, president of BASIC, was interviewed on France 24 TV channel on Easter Sunday to discuss the environmental impacts of cocoa production and consumption and the potential for improvement. Cocoa farmers produce (…)

Publications Published on 6 March 2025

A car that doesn’t run over those who contribute to making it

It’s a little-known component used in many products: mica. This mineral has several interesting properties. Its glossy appearance enables it to be used in cosmetics such as nail polish and lipstick, but also in DIY paints. Its (…)

Event Published on 4 March 2025

The vicious circle of the food system

Christophe Alliot, president of BASIC, was yesterday at the International Conference of Researchers and Farmers organized until this evening in Brussels by the European Coordination Via Campesina, Université Libre de Bruxelles and (…)

Publications Published on 22 October 2024

A guide to analyze a territory’s food system

Ademe, the French Agency for Ecological Transition, has just published a guide produced by BASIC explaining how to carry out an analysis of a food system, its sustainability and resilience. The guide (which can be downloaded from (…)

Publications Published on 24 September 2024

The major difficulties facing the French beef industry

Total meat consumption in France has risen steadily since the 1970s, but the share of beef is declining. The beef industry is faced with an aging workforce, a vocational crisis, a significant decline in livestock numbers, and (…)

Publications Published on 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 Published on 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 Published on 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 Published on 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 Published on 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 (…)