A Lot of Poor Mouths to Feed in Next Decade There will be more mouths to feed in the future but many will reside in the poorest countries and where governance is unstable. This will temper food demand and thus the bull market that has been experienced over the past half dozen years. Climate Change, Global Warming and Agriculture -- What If? There may be a scientific consensus about the global warming impacts of CO 2, but less agreement on how much. Water is a key implication for agriculture and another area of disagreement as to scale of impacts. Famine to Feast The past five years have witnessed unusually high volatility in commodity prices and it has taken longer than expected to recover from supply/demand imbalances considering agri...
Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.