Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Iraq is reported to be facing the “driest year in modern history” due to drought and greatly reduced water flow in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers through Turkey. Forecasters say the 2025/26 wheat crop could be down by 50 percent from last year’s level of 6.3 MMT. Iraqi officials add that dams on rivers flowing into Iraq from Syria, Turkey, and Iran have reduced flows by 70 percent and affected Iraq’s agricultural irrigation. Southern/Eastern/Western Africa African nations are reported to have imported almost one million MT of chicken from Brazil in 2024—an increase of 74 percent over five years—which critics say is causing serious dam...
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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.