Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Job Description

LDC is looking for a Research Analyst to join the Research and Trading team under Pulses platform who will be solely responsible for primary and secondary data collection and participating crop production analyses, share production related aspects and trend analysis to the business and contribute towards effective business results.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Implement and supervise the agreed research methodology for analytical crop estimation.
- Contribute to the development of research methodology and strategy,



including continuous refinement based on observations during crop tours.

Build and maintain global balance sheets for all types of agri commodities.
- Conduct primary research and data collection from various sources to analyze trends in prices, volumes, and market behavior.
- Conduct crop tours across different regions of India — the role requires extensive travel.

Estimate Agri commodity area by:

a) Regularly collecting data from official sources

b) Confirming area estimates through visual assessments of area changes

c) Conducting farmer interviews

d) Gathering information from third-party sources such as research institutes, the seed industry, agricultural departments, etc.

• Identify risks to crop estimates by developing scenarios and assessing their impact on yields, considering factors such as weather, pests, diseases, input costs, and labor availability.

• Closely monitor weather developments and long-term forecasts to update pro

📌 Research Analyst (Bengaluru)
🏢 Louis Dreyfus
📍 Bengaluru