In a recent economic planning meeting, the Chinese government proposed focusing the nation's economic growth in 2014 on safe, balanced and green development. China to Provide Financial Support to Key Agricultural Processing Projects China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and National Development Bank have jointly released a plan to provide long-term financial support to selected, key agricultural processing projects in 21 designated provinces. According to MOA, there has been an increasing nationwide demand in recent years for high quality agricultural products that is driven by urbanization and the shifting diet of Chinese consumers.The Chinese government views support of the agricultural processing industry as the vital step in the count...
From WPI Consulting
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.