The U.S. is refusing to concede any significant reforms to its agricultural export credit and food aid programs as part of the revisions to export measures being negotiated in relation to a larger package for the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi. Holding on to Leverage The U.S. is refusing to concede any significant reforms to its agricultural export credit and food aid programs as part of the revisions to export measures being negotiated in relation to a larger package for the upcoming WTO Ministerial Confernence in Nairobi. The reason is not because these programs are critical to U.S. agriculture. Indeed, they involved the movement of less than 2 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports last year. Rather, the reluctance...
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...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
The Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri), also known as the Brooks Range marmot[3] or the Brower's marmot,[4] is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Once considered to be the same species as the hoary marmot, it is now known to be unique. Alaska marmots are found in the scree slopes of the...
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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.