NEW FROM IMS
IMS-GIRA WORLD MEAT FACTS BOOK 2010
The 2010 edition of the IMS-GIRA World Meat Facts Book has been published. An annual publication, it is the fruit of cooperation between the IMS and GIRA, a leading independent economic/market research consultancy specialising in strategic research in the agri-food sector, particularly meat. It contains up-to-date statistics on production, comsumption and international trade in meat. The figures shows a five year trend, and are broken down by meat species (beef, sheepmeat, pigmeat and poultrymeat), by region of the world (European Union, Eastern Europe/FSU, North America, South America, Middle East/North Africa, Other Africa, Far East, Other Asia) and by principal countries within the regions.
The 2010 edition is now available from the IMS Secretariat.
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The presentations from the Fifth IMS World Pork Conference held in Qinqdao, China from 3-4 September 2009 will shortly be available
The presentations at the Sixth IMS Marketing-Communications Workshop, held in Chicago from 17-19 May 2009 can be downloaded
Economic Issues Facing the Global Meat Industry Proceedings of the First IMS Economics Workshop
The Workshop, which was held in Wageningen, The Netherlands from 20-22 April 2009, brought together economists, analysts and other experts fom seventeen countries. During the two day meeting, a range of papers was presented on economic topics pertaining to the industry including the impact of the recession and the key challenges presented to it by the environment and climate change. The Workshop took place against a background of significant change in the economic and trading climate for the industry, so this publication will be of particular value to member organisations that were unable to be repesented at the Workshop.