With the planting margin spread between corn and soybeans steadily widening, Chinese farmers have been less willing to dedicate land to the latter crop. A few provincial governments are now initiating a program to address the issue. Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Continue to Decline As of the end of last week, the estimated soymeal inventories for major crushers dropped 60,000 MT to 790,000 MT, a 7.51 percent decline from the previous week and 65.71 percent lower than the same week in 2014. Among the surveyed areas, they decreased sharply in North China and Shandong District to 10,000 MT and 80,000 MT, respectively. In contrast, the totals were higher in southern China than the north due to a large volume of new soybean imports. The s...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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...
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WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.