<![CDATA[commoditia: events]]>https://www.commoditia.com/s/eventshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1sWM!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25c4a3e2-4ad0-4dad-a449-7583deaf5159_300x300.pngcommoditia: eventshttps://www.commoditia.com/s/eventsSubstackWed, 08 Apr 2026 09:45:04 GMT<![CDATA[8th EU Starch Value Chain & Fermentation, Berlin, Germany]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/8th-eu-starch-value-chain-and-fermentationhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/8th-eu-starch-value-chain-and-fermentationThu, 09 Oct 2025 13:29:45 GMTIn a volatile world we will review the factors affecting the EU starch industry from the perspective of food security, shining a light on how carbohydrate crop surpluses around the world help to explain recent news events.

Overview

  • Starch geopolitics: starch surpluses, migration and tariffs.

  • Emerging regional opportunities, and threats.

  • How should the EU respond?

]]><![CDATA[The World Tapioca Conference 2025, Bangkok, Thailand]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/the-world-tapioca-conference-2025https://www.commoditia.com/p/the-world-tapioca-conference-2025Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:00:00 GMTThe conference brought together maybe one thousand people — governments and diplomats, producers, farmers and analysts — to discuss the future of tapioca in Asia. Commoditia was invited to give a keynote speech on the following:

How protein and protein crops might improve the competitiveness of cassava in South East Asia

Overview

  • The competitiveness of cassava against grain starch.

  • The importance of protein for cassava.

  • Future approaches to protein.

Here are some highlights of the lighter moments from the conference:

]]><![CDATA[13th Starch Value Chain Asia, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/13th-starch-value-chain-asia-ho-chihttps://www.commoditia.com/p/13th-starch-value-chain-asia-ho-chiTue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhat will be the impact of Trump’s tariffs on the Asian starch sector?

Overview

  • The true state of Asian cassava markets today.

  • The tariffs and emerging macro environment.

  • Possible responses.

]]><![CDATA[7th EU Starch Value Chain and Fermentation, Berlin, Germany]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/7th-eu-starch-value-chain-and-fermentationhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/7th-eu-starch-value-chain-and-fermentationWed, 09 Oct 2024 10:27:30 GMTIs renewable carbon from starch finally able to compete with fossil carbon for the production of chemicals?

Overview

  • The promise of renewable carbon.

  • The way things are today.

  • What might the future look like?

]]><![CDATA[12th Starch Value Chain Asia, Vientiane, Laos]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/12th-starch-value-chain-asia-vientianehttps://www.commoditia.com/p/12th-starch-value-chain-asia-vientianeTue, 27 Feb 2024 23:59:00 GMTHow demographics and other supply side issues such as labour availability are affecting the opportunities for Asian bio-refining

Overview

  • The rapidly changing demographics of East and South East Asia.

  • How policy affects competitivness.

  • What is bio-refining?

  • Outlook.

]]><![CDATA[6th EU Starch Value Chain, Prague, Czech Republic]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/6th-eu-starch-value-chain-praguehttps://www.commoditia.com/p/6th-eu-starch-value-chain-pragueTue, 03 Oct 2023 22:59:00 GMTThe outlook for the EU fermentation industry in a time of rising costs

Overview

  • A brief history of global fermentation from starch.

  • Developments in raw material costs

  • Opportunities.

]]><![CDATA[11th Starch World Asia, Bangkok, Thailand]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/11th-starch-world-asia-bangkok-thailandhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/11th-starch-world-asia-bangkok-thailandWed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTThe outlook for cassava processing and the different pathways to value addition, with a focus on how to profitably extract protein from cassava in different regions.

Overview

  • The pathways for cassava processing.

  • The value addition in different segments.

  • The protein opportunity in cassava foliage.

]]><![CDATA[5th Starch Value Chain & Plant Based Protein Solutions, Rotterdam, Netherlands]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/5th-starch-value-chain-plant-based-protein-solutionshttps://www.commoditia.com/p/5th-starch-value-chain-plant-based-protein-solutionsWed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTBeyond the hype, is it really possible to meaningfully transition to plant based proteins? We examine the economics of crop markets for answers and insights in to this question.

Overview

  • The way crop markets work today.

  • The way crop markets would work with a plant protein transformation.

  • Does the transformation add up?

  • The issues and challenges of the transition for processors of crops.

]]><![CDATA[S.E. Asia Agricultural Cooperators Conference, Bangkok, Thailand]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/s-e-asia-agricultural-cooperators-conferencehttps://www.commoditia.com/p/s-e-asia-agricultural-cooperators-conferenceWed, 21 Sep 2022 01:00:00 GMTAt the invitation of the US Grains Council, an opportunity to review and analyse the economic events that have led to the current explosion in inflationary forces around the world and to determine their likely evolution from here.

Overview

  • Where do we stand?

  • Some economic history

  • Currencies and adjustment

  • Another way of looking at this

  • Reinforcing the argument

  • Bull or bear?

]]><![CDATA[Grains & Oilseeds Markets 2022, Singapore]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/grains-oilseeds-markets-2022-singaporehttps://www.commoditia.com/p/grains-oilseeds-markets-2022-singaporeThu, 23 Jun 2022 12:00:00 GMTAn opportunity to review the impact of both COVID and the Russian crisis on world grain markets and ask if this is the full explanation of price movements or are there other more fundamental factors driving prices?

Overview

  • First, a question.

  • Long term price dynamics.

  • Is there something else going on?

  • Why this time might be a bit different.

]]><![CDATA[10th Starch World Asia, webinar]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/10th-starch-world-asia-webinarhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/10th-starch-world-asia-webinarTue, 23 Feb 2021 12:00:00 GMTThe impact of COVID and early indications of a shift in the direction of root and starch prices as a fire starts to be lit under Chinese corn prices, while tapioca remains relatively "cheap".

Overview

  • Prices.

  • Asian market dynamics.

  • Global outlook.

]]><![CDATA[4th Starch World EU, webinar]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/4th-starch-world-eu-webinarhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/4th-starch-world-eu-webinarTue, 03 Nov 2020 12:00:00 GMTThe impact COVID is having on starch markets including supply disruptions, movements in raw material prices and the impact on profitability.

Overview

  • Where were we?

  • Raw material markets: direction and divergence.

  • The disruption to supply chains and markets.

  • How have companies coped?

  • Macro impact.

  • Where is this all headed?

]]><![CDATA[9th Starch World Asia, Bangkok, Thailand]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/9th-starch-world-asia-bangkok-thailandhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/9th-starch-world-asia-bangkok-thailandTue, 11 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMTA review of emerging issues in Asian starch markets and just before covid hit. These included drought, mosaic disease and swine fever and the observation that root prices were breaking free of any corn anchor.

Overview

  • Emerging issues.

  • Now, the Chinese corn market.

  • What does this all mean for cassava?

  • Outlook.

]]><![CDATA[4th Starch World Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/4th-starch-world-europe-copehnhagen-denmarkhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/4th-starch-world-europe-copehnhagen-denmarkSun, 28 Jul 2019 12:00:39 GMTAn overview of the main developments in the EU starch industry from the perspective of raw materials, products and trade.

]]><![CDATA[8th Starch World Asia, Bangkok, Thailand]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/8th-starch-world-asia-bangkok-thailandhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/8th-starch-world-asia-bangkok-thailandTue, 22 Jan 2019 12:00:34 GMTA review of the main factors affecting Asian starch markets including the fast spreading cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and the continued evolution of China's corn policy. Both were behind a run up in root prices.

]]><![CDATA[3rd Starch World Europe, Strasbourg, France]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/3rd-starch-world-europe-strasbourg-francehttps://www.commoditia.com/p/3rd-starch-world-europe-strasbourg-franceMon, 08 Oct 2018 12:00:00 GMTAn opportunity to update the European industry on the situation in increasingly tight global markets for tuber starches as a result of poor crops and increasing demand.

Overview

  • Overview.

  • Recent developments in potato and tapioca starch markets.

  • Outlook.

]]><![CDATA[3rd Starch World Middle East, Dubai, UAE]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/3rd-starch-world-mideast-dubai-uaehttps://www.commoditia.com/p/3rd-starch-world-mideast-dubai-uaeMon, 17 Sep 2018 12:00:03 GMTA wide-ranging review of all the main markets for starch across the Middle East and North Africa including food, paper, textiles and oil.

Overview

  • An overview of international markets.

  • The markets for starch in MENA including food, paper, textiles and oil.

  • Opportunities.

]]><![CDATA[World Tapioca Conference 2018, Bangkok, Thailand]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/world-tapioca-conference-bangkok-thailandhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/world-tapioca-conference-bangkok-thailandTue, 26 Jun 2018 12:00:10 GMTWe were invited to speak by the Thai Department of Foreign Trade at their government sponsored World Tapioca conference, which is a regular meeting point for the world tapioca industry.

]]><![CDATA[7th Starch World Asia, Siem Reap, Cambodia]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/7th-starch-world-asia-siem-reap-cambodiahttps://www.commoditia.com/p/7th-starch-world-asia-siem-reap-cambodiaWed, 24 Jan 2018 12:00:37 GMTA longer term analysis of the outlook for Asian starch markets with a special focus on emerging feed additive opportunities in south east Asia.

Overview

  • The longer term outlook for starch markets

  • The outlook for markets this year.

  • Exploiting a hidden resource: the landlocked cassava regions in south east Asia.

]]><![CDATA[Food Proteins Asia, Bangkok, Thailand]]>https://www.commoditia.com/p/food-proteins-asia-2017-bangkok-thailandhttps://www.commoditia.com/p/food-proteins-asia-2017-bangkok-thailandThu, 09 Nov 2017 12:00:01 GMTDevelopments in the main markets for wheat protein: vital gluten

Overview

  • Market overview.

  • Fundamentals.

  • Outlook.

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