Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Egypt’s GASC said it is ready to act as a re-export center for Russian grain if Russia establishes a logistics center in the Suez Canal region. A grain hub in the region would act as a distribution center for the Middle East and Africa and even North Africa. Tunisia replaced its Director General of the Office Des Cereales. Salwa Binhadid Zouari has been named the new head replacing Bashir Kthari. Algeria – 222,000 MT, Bangladesh 162,000 MT, Kenya 119,000 MT and Egypt 118,600 MT were the major destinations for Russian wheat in last week’s shipments. Representing about 56 percent of all wheat shipments. Sri Lankan critics and the Public Fi...
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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.