Year-end analysis from the Financial Times looks at the future of meat consumption through two lenses: 1) the topping out of consumption by the largest per capita meat consuming nations in the world, the U.S. and EU; and 2) the rise of the plant-based “meat” market. UBS is cited projecting the plant-based product category to grow to $50 billion by 2025. Meat consumption remains strongly correlated (0.91) to income and so even if the richest countries top out at 70 – 100 grams per year per capita, there is a large demand potential from the 85 percent of global consumers currently eating just one-fifth the amount of meat as Americans. In other words, plant-based products may cut into animal-based protein demand at the...
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The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.