Welcome to the agri benchmark project

agri benchmark – understanding agriculture worldwide

agri benchmark is a global, non-profit network of agricultural economists, advisors, producers and specialists in key sectors of agricultural and horticultural value chains. We use internationally standardised methods to analyse farms, production systems and their profitability. Our farm-level knowledge is combined with analysis of international commodity markets and value chains. In this way we are able to provide scientifically consistent and soundly based answers on strategic issues to decision-makers in policy, agriculture and agribusiness.

agri benchmark network: Partners and represented countries

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agri benchmark - Benchmarking Farming Systems Worldwide

Goals

The main goals of this project are:

Establish a sustainable cooperation between farm economists and farmers in the participating countries.
Develop powerful tools for a worldwide analysis of agricultural branches.
Compare typical farms (production systems, production costs, competitiveness, future development).
Understand the impact of the major driving forces on agricultural branches.
Provide relevant information for all clients who want to strengthen their position in a global agricultural economy.

agri benchmark is a non-political and non-profit activity. Rules and values of the network are developed by mutual agreement. Methods and main results are exposed to an ongoing quality assurance process and are open for public discussion.

agri benchmark is dependent on the support of various scientific and agribusiness institutions as well as private companies. Partners benefit from first-hand access to information and extra services.

agri benchmark has an experienced coordination centre that is commonly managed by two institutions:

The Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute, Germany (vTI) and the

German Agricultural Society (DLG).

vTI focuses on the scientific analysis as well as the coordination of the scientific partners, while DLG activates cooperation with agribusiness and conducts the technical and financial end of the project.

agri benchmark can rely on more than 20 years of experience in international benchmarking of farms.

For any questions, please contact us:

At vTI
Folkhard Isermeyer (Head) more »

Claus Deblitz (Beef) more »

Yelto Zimmer (Cash Crop) more »

Birthe Lassen (Dairy) more »

Walter Dirksmeyer (Horticulture) more »