Next month is the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health and there are a lot of nutrition problems in America to solve. The country is fat, unhealthy, and there are no easy solutions. Yesterday, a task force designed to tee up ideas for solving the crisis released 30 of them. Some are good, some meaningless, and some are oddball pipedreams. The report claims to propose “a far-reaching, consensus-based strategy that reflects a diverse set of perspectives from leaders across academia, civil society, government, and the private sector.” However, some may question the diversity of views. For example, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) whose members produce most of the food is not only missing from the Task F...
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From WPI Consulting
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.