The two main foods in the Indian kitchen are onions and pulses,but their higher prices are upsetting the typical household budget. The increases are attributed to short supplies and crop damage due to drought conditions. GOI is taking action, though, to address the situation. Monsoon's Negative Effect on Crops The monsoon is set to end in the next 40 days, but the forecast indicates that it could withdraw early. As of 20 August 2015, almost 32 percent of the country had not received enough rainfall, leaving an overall deficit of 10-12 percent. The southern peninsula, which includes the major corn belts, has a 21 percent deficiency. This would be the country's second consecutive year of meteorological drought.Parts of Maharashtra where som...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
From WPI Consulting
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.