Russian Grain Markets: 21-25 November 2022 The feature of the week remains the same – extension of the UN humanitarian Black Sea corridor under UN auspices with Turkey being the guarantor of the transaction. While Ukrainians are complaining about terrible delays with Russian inspections and huge vessel lines in the Bosporus, Russians are celebrating a victory where some officials are declaring that the extension of the grain deal includes other Russian interests. It is hard to guess if there is a real deal or just wishful thinking on Russia’s side, however, they are not missing any opportunity to promote their issues. One of those issues is lifting western sanctions from RosSelkhozBank (Russia’s largest agricultural bank...
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.