Phillips McDougall's consultancy team recently partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), to provide them with a clear and comprehensive view of the global seed market. The report we provided outlined the sales and profitability of the global seed industry, detailing company performance (including public organisations where possible), by crop types. It highlights the range and distribution of seed companies, breaking them down by size, including;

• Tier I companies being those 'large' players that have annual sales in excess of USD 500 million.
• Tier II companies being those 'medium' players that have annual sales between USD 100 and USD 500 million.
• Tier III companies being those 'smaller' players that have annual sales less than USD 100 million.

As per the FAO's 'International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture', the report aims to provide mutli-lateral access to seed market intelligence, enabling benefits to be shared across the globe.

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To understand how the seed industry has performed by company, click below to gain access to the full report we produced for the FAO. Access full report

Posted 27 January 2020 by Edward Oliver, Executive Director and Head of Agribusiness Consulting for EMEA, S&P Global Commodity Insights and

Jonathan Shoham, Senior Consultant Analyst, Agribusiness, S&P Global Commodity Insights

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