Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisia and France have extended their cooperation program in agricultural and rural development for Tunisia. The program is being supported by €76 million from the Agricultural Investment and Modernization Program funded by FranceAgriMer, the EU, and other EU and Tunisian organizations. The current program has been extended through 2026. Egypt reportedly purchased wheat from Kazakhstan for the first time in 15 years. Two wheat shipments totaling 32,000 MT arrived in Egypt in mid to late September. Egypt’s Mostakbal Misr also reportedly quietly purchased wheat from Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, and France. Few details of the possible purchases are known – prices...
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.