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With dedicated analysts in Europe, North America and Australia, we provide insight into trends and long-term developments in flowers, (tree) nuts, fruits and vegetables.
Until 26 June 2025, Stichting AK Rabobank Certificaten held all Rabobank Certificates (formerly known as: participations) issued by Rabobank. Stichting AK Rabobank Certificaten held these Rabobank ...
Agri commodity markets outlook 2025: Fat tariffs lead to slim margins. 2024 has been a year of further price declines for major grains and oilseeds and for sugar, while tropical tree crops like cocoa, ...
In part 2 and part 3 of our series on Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), we showed how the BESS markets in the UK and Italy are rapidly growing thanks to the combination of high penetration of ...
Compared to our previous quarterly report, our expectations have remained more or less the same: we assumed a house price growth of 9.2% in 2025 and 6.0% in 2026.There are some underlying changes, but ...
In the US, data suggests that Generation Z is drinking less alcohol than previous generations did at the same age. Most industry experts believe that this trend is driven by young people's concerns ...
Governments aim to meet Paris climate goals while sustaining economic growth by decoupling greenhouse gas emissions from economic activity. Our report shows the Netherlands achieved absolute ...
Trade liberalization, regional specialization, and year-round demand have transformed US agricultural trade over the past three decades. The US now faces increasing trade deficits in horticultural ...
Europe has set ambitious goals to expand its wind energy capacity. European turbine manufacturers have traditionally dominated the domestic market and the global market outside of China, but intense ...
The re-election of President Trump has accelerated Europe’s impulse to rearm. In this article we assess the part of that spending that could generate long-term positive spillovers to the civilian ...
So, economic statecraft is just one leg of a three-legged grand strategy stool of ways to achieve national security ends within given national means. As Von Clausewitz infamously argued, “war is a ...
Physical climate risk refers to the negative impacts of a changing climate, including more frequent extreme weather events and long-term gradual shifts in climate. These risks can significantly affect ...