Since a recent study acknowledges that organic foods are garnering market share by stoking fears about biotech, the conventional food industry should demand that the pesticides used on organic crops be included in the opaque barcode system. Biotech Right and Wrong Europe is headed in the right direction on biotechnology, though admittedly slowly, while the U.S. is not. A select committee of experts engaged by the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has opined that the government must take the lead in allaying the public's fears over the technology. Gérard Matheron, administrator of the farm advocacy group saf agr'iDées in France, has just written that biotechnology is essential to feeding the world. Meanwhile, USDA Se...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.