Regional News China is now Ukraine’s larges trading partner, notably expanding its agricultural product exports. Ukraine is the largest supplier of sunflower oil to China, followed by Russia. Rains have finally arrived across western Europe that will aid winter crop planting. The rains are too late to help the European corn crop and conditions remain too dry across Ukraine. Russia’s southern regions, including Krasnodar, Stavropol, and Rostov, are also in need of rains by mid-October before grain product may start to fall. South Korean-owned Posco International completed construction of an export facility in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Nikolayev. Posco owns a 75 percent stake in the venture, which is expected...
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.
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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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...