Publications

The State of Sustainable Markets 2021 is the sixth edition of the annual report on the status of sustainable markets, which the International Trade Centre (ITC) has been publishing jointly with the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Institute for Sustainable...

This report shows how sustainability standards can be a powerful tool for post-pandemic recovery.

Cotton by-products – such as cottonseed oil and oilcakes – can contribute meaningfully to reducing poverty, creating jobs and increasing economic growth in Africa. These derivatives can represent up to 30% of the value of seed cotton. Yet oil and cakes have not been fully exploited, despite a...

The global pandemic has hit small farmers with disruptions in health, food security, transport, finance and demand. It has also increased the cost of doing business. Smallholder farmers, already dealing with the effects of a climate and price crisis, are taking emergency measures for resilience. At...

L'étude des préférences des 1,6 milliard de consommateurs musulmans dans le monde indique que le secteur des aliments halal représente un volume de 1 billion de dollars.La présente publication est la première à donner une vue d'ensemble du marché mondial des aliments et boissons halal. Elle...

Climate change is reducing the competitiveness of agricultural exports from developing countries as far apart as Peru and Uganda, according to an ITC survey of agri-food exporters in these countries.The exporters call on their governments to integrate climate change into long-term, sector-specific...

A comparison of sustainability schemes, as well as an overview of the trends in the markets for specialty and sustainable coffees.Coffee niche markets provide opportunities for producers in developing countries to increase their incomes. This paper, drawn from ITC’s new book on the coffee trade,...

Paper focusing on the contribution of the coffee value chain to climate change and the effects of climate change on global coffee production with particular reference to smallholder coffee producers in developing and least developed countries – reviews the opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas...

Ce document guide les exportateurs de produits agricoles à travers le processus d’analyse de l’empreinte carbone des produits (PCF).Il les aide à comprendre les processus d’analyse, améliorer leur performance environnementale et de réduire leur coûts d’opération. Il comprend une...

Le café est le plus important récolte du monde agricole en termes de volumes d’export/import ; il est exporté par 60 pays et est l'un des rares produits cultivées principalement par les petits agriculteurs. Ce rapport présente un aperçu des tendances du marché pour le café certifié...

Cette publication de 25 pages donne un aperçu de la production, des exportations, des importations, de la transformation et de la consommation. La Chine est à la fois exportatrice et importatrice de café vert et de café torréfié. Les quantités produites et consommées sont faibles dans le...