Russian Grain Market: 2-9 January 2012 GRAIN COMMODITIES AND FLOUR General Official Data on 2011 Harvest According to data provided by the Russian Statistics Committee, the harvest of grains and leguminous crops in 2011 amounted to 93.91 MMT. Therefore, Russia's 2011 harvest exceeded the previous year's harvest by 32.95 MMT, while planting areas grew only 0.9 percent (from 43.19 million hectares in 2010 to 43.57 million hectares in 2011). The yield changed dramatically from 1.41 MT/ha in 2010 to 2.16 MT/ha in 2011 on average.Last week, the New Year and Christmas holiday season in Russia continued. There was almost no activity in the domestic market and only exporters were active during this period. Southern regions of Russia, whe...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
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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.