Warm weather and rains in some regions of Ukraine during the first week of November produced favorable effects on winter crop development in a number of regions, but the eastern part of Ukraine still experienced a deficiency in soil moisture. Russian Grain Markets Harvest Update As of November 9, 2015, Russian farmers harvested 107.1 MMT of grain in bulk weight from 43.8 million hectares (98.7 percent of the target). That is 1.8 MMT less grain harvested from 200,000 more hectares than as of the same date in 2014. Specifically, farmers harvested winter and spring wheat on 25.5 million hectares (99.8 percent of the target) and produced 63.9 MMT of all wheat. Barley was harvested from 8.2 million hectares (99.9 percent), yielding 18.3 MMT p...
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.