Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS The Syrian government expects that it will only be able to purchase about 1 MMT of local wheat in 2018. Due to difficulties there, production has dropped from 4 MMT per year to less than 1.8 MMT, and the government needs at least 1.5 MMT to cover its wheat flour needs for wheat flour for subsidized bread. In the recent past, Syria had announced a three-year agreement was in the works with Russia for the supply of 3 MMT, but little information has been released regarding this arrangement. Dubai-based AOS Trading has allegedly been unable to deliver 120,000 MT of wheat (in two lots) to Egypt’s GASC, which says it had provided the firm with timing extensions and still did not receive...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
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An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
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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.