It’s tasked with enhancing market stability and world food security through providing impartial analysis on supply and demand fundamentals in the grains and oilseed sectors and improving transparency through regular reporting on market and policy developments.

The IGC's data, analysis and reporting are used by member governments, private organizations and other international bodies concerned with grain market developments.

The IGC Secretariat also administers the Food Assistance Convention,[1] provides administrative services to the Food Assistance Committee and forms part of the secretariat of Agricultural Market Information System.

The headquarters are in London, where the IGC hosts the annual Grains Conference which brings international buyers and sellers, industry representatives and policy makers together.

The new Food Assistance Convention is a separate legal instrument, independent of the GTC.