Commodity Intelligence

Farmers seek price and sales information to assist in the orderly marketing and distribution of farm commodities. Information is needed on prices, volume, quality, condition, and other market data on farm products in specific domestic and international markets. To constantly improve the efficiency and fairness of the organic market, it is imperative that this information is available to all stakeholders in the supply system.

While many institutions are engaged in research on the marketing and trade of organic products, very few are doing work on commodity intelligence, especially in the developing world.

More information

Institutions

• FAO.org/OrganicAG: Institutions that undertake research relevant to the topic of commodity intelligence in the ORCA database at FAO's organic farming pages

Publications

• OrgPrints.org: Publications and projects on markets and trade