Regional News Concerns about the frost-tolerance of the Black Sea wheat crop are growing after the EU Commission confirmed last week that a late start to planting in the region has left crops at risk. Specifically, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine saw a later-than-normal planting and an early onset of cold weather in late November that impaired crop development and “hardening”. Fortunately, the 7-day forecast offers little risk of frost/freeze damage, which will give the crop more time to develop. For the last week of 2021, however, cold weather descends on the Black Sea region, which will put the crop at risk. Despite development delays in Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria, the Russian wheat crop is reportedly more adv...
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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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...
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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.