Public Health COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise as Beijing Prepares for Lockdown After reaching a low of 25 novel coronavirus related deaths per day on 20 April, the trailing seven-day average has moved up steadily, reaching 50 as of yesterday. This doubling, as documented by Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, has coincided with the rapid rise in new cases resulting in new pandemic lockdowns across many metro areas in China. The seven-day average case count as of yesterday amounted to 31,307 cases. Over the past week, the average has fluctuated between 29,000 and 31,000 as more testing is deployed. With numbers ratcheting up in Beijing, particularly in the Chaoyang District, home to the U.S. Embassy and other diplom...
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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.