World leaders express great concern that the level of world food insecurity is worsening under the weight of the Russian war on Ukraine. Then there are the multitude of different characterizations of the problem: food insecurity, hunger, undernourishment, etc. To the extent that it has worsened malnourishment is difficult to ascertain, though announcements of restricted exports could certainly heighten interpreted insecurity. Official collectors of such data, the FAO and World Bank have not published official data for 2020, let alone 2022. In 2019, they projected a rise in undernourishment for 2020, which was before COVID or the war in Ukraine. Global ending stocks of wheat, corn, and rice may have tightened of late, but they are still lar...
From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.