Middle East Food and Demographics Countries in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region vary greatly in size of population, agricultural resources and food imports. However, governance issues will impose limitations on food and agriculture for what appears to be decades to come. The Changing Status of the U.S. Dollar and the Global Capital Markets With the historical role of the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency, any unexpected decline in its value could have a particularly negative impact on financially insecure regions such as the Middle East The Middle East and U.S. Meat and Poultry Trade The situation in Syria has put Middle East tensions, energy and trade in the spotlight once again. How do these issues impact one of th...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.