Livestock China’s Meat Imports on Track for Record Year Although the pandemic and the ongoing trade war with the U.S. have caused many challenges with international trade, meat imports are headed for a record year. The most recent data from the China Customs Bureau show that of the 7.41 MMT of frozen meat imported through the first nine months of 2020, 59.3 percent was pork. The leading suppliers according to the Bureau’s report have been Spain, Brazil, and the U.S. with shares of 23.6 percent, 14.9 percent, and 14.8 percent, respectively. The outlook for the remainder of 2020 is that China will import an annual total of 9.5 MMT, the highest in history. That equates to roughly 50 MMT of feedstuffs, assuming a meat to feed rati...
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...
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...
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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.