Rabobank Group

Research Publications

Rabobank industry analysts publish a large number of research reports to strengthen in-house knowledge to the industry that the bank focuses on. Our research publications comprise short report (Industry notes), long and comprehensive reports (F&A Review), and Maps. The research covers all major sectors and commodities, including: animal protein, beverages, oilseeds complex, grains and grains-based products, dairy, sugar, soft commodities, etc. Rabobank group's clients can get those publications through their respective Relationship Managers. These publications are in principle only made available to clients of our bank. For more information please see our Food & Agribusiness Research section.

Advisory Works
Rabobank's F&A knowledge division, FAR, provides strategic advisory services that include: strategic planning, market/competition analysis, country entry strategy, benchmarking, supply chain management, and brand/product rationalisation. In addition to the advisory services coverage, Rabobank's specialist consultancy firm -RIAS (Rabobank International Advisory Services), endow with advisory services which include: technical assistance and advice, policy instruments, organization, infrastructure, bank organisation, institutional building, rural credit systems, SME credit systems, Product and process advisory services Training, Institutional restructuring, and Governance. More RIAS


Example of Strategic Advisory Successful Projects

FAR:

• Assistance to the Dutch Government in the development of Public/Private Triparte Partnership between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Netherlands for the Palm Oil Industry by focusing on market access strategy.
• Advising in a multinational on building up a representative supply chain model for its Soy Sauce Business in Indonesia.
• Study to identify the opportunities and threats of accession to the EU for the flour milling sector.
• Advising a multinational on settling up a perishable Handling Centre Singapore.
• Joint study with Royal Netherlands Embassy Jakarta on the Indonesian Poultry Industry
• In-depth analysis of the role of wholesalers of flower bulbs in the Netherlands.
• Support on a JV in dairy industry
• Many more...      

RIAS:

• Product and Services development for the Primary Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC) of Egypt
• Technical Assistance for a Banking Project in Romania
• Advice to a company aiming to acquire a major stake in a Commercial Bank in Ghana
• Cooperative Advice to two Farmer's Cooperatives in the United Kingdom
• Feasibility study for rural financial services in the Nampula province in Mozambique
• Technical assistance for an Agricultural Finance Corporation in Kyrgyzstan
• Restructuring the largest coffee cooperative in Brazil
• Policy advice to the government in Taiwan
• Many more...      

The combination of our elite banking skills with highly specialised market knowledge means we can give our clients unprecedented financial expertise with lasting positive impact on their business.