India has decided to increase the blending rate of ethanol in gasoline to 22.5 percent. However, the big question pertains to how this ethanol will be sourced. Several factors prohibit the country from even reaching a 5 percent blend mandate in sugar year 2015/16. Pulses Prices to Rise as India Seeks Imports from Mozambique The government of India (GOI) is hopeful that the country’s farmers will grow more pulses, possibly as much as 20 MMT, as a result of the increased Minimum Support Prices (MSP) and higher demand. Smaller crops totaling 17.15 MMT in 2014/15 and 17.06 MMT in 2015/16 together with higher demand of 24 MMT led to the spike in prices, forcing the government to create a buffer stock of 110,000 MT. Separately, GOI has contrac...
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...
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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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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.