CTRM and disruptive technologies
Last week Thursday I attended the CTRM conference in Amsterdam. The main theme was CTRM and disruptive technologies. There were many interesting speakers who put their vision on the table […]
A history of grain elevators
Close to our Agiboo office in Almere you can find three red residential buildings. They are like beacons looking over the vast agricultural land in front of them. As they […]
Value of Value at Risk
Willie Sutton, an American bank robber was asked: ‘why do you rob banks?’. His famous answer was: ‘Because that’s where the money is’. This quote evolved even in Sutton’s law. […]
Hazelnuts, a commodity?
Hazelnut farming in Turkey The opportunity was there to travel through the north of Turkey, the area most known for the farming of hazelnuts. It is not a far ride […]
Chocolate, a favorite to many of us
During vacation I watched a few documentaries. One documentary was about unknown foods and the other about cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast. As we specialize in cocoa trade at Agiboo […]
Evolution of commodity trade regulations
Nowadays I take the existing trade mechanisms in commodities for granted. Rules and regulations on the exchange are just there and the market embraces them or works alongside them. My […]
