Regional News Russia has shipped two vessels of wheat to Somalia and Burkina Faso as part of the country’s promise to send free grain to Africa. China purchased 66 KMT of feed corn from Ukraine at $248/MT C&F for December shipment. Through 24 November, Ukraine has exported 12.541 MMT of grain in MY 2023/24, down from 16.9 MMT shipped in the prior year. Of that, wheat exports account for 5.68 MMT, corn for 5.865 MMT, and barely for 0.867 MMT. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said early Monday that Russia has stolen over $1 billion worth of grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine. The Prime Minister noted Russia “devised technical measures to seize 12,000 MT of grain daily.”...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
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.