The price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) continues to generate a lot of attention these days. We first reported on the big bull rally in RIN prices on 26 February and again on 25 March, when the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency to inquire about RIN prices and gasoline. Last week, two noteworthy papers on RINs were published: one by Iowa State Professor Bruce Babcock and the other by Goldman Sachs. Both focused on the potential shortage of RINS for 2014, the result of reduced ethanol production in 2013 and a growing ethanol mandate.For a number of years, corn ethanol production has been running above the mandated level, and that has provided bankable RINs. Ho...
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...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
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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From WPI Consulting
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.