The collapse of India's agriculture sector is apparent throughout the country and results from several factors. Due to the needs of a growing population, GOI has allowed the import of GM oil. However, its efforts to commercialize a specific domestic GM crop is being met with resistance. Collapsing Indian Agriculture Necessitates Imports Agriculture’s collapse in India is apparent almost everywhere. The sector contributes approximately 13 percent to the nation’s $2 trillion economy through employing 66 percent of the workforce. India has only 3 percent of global land resources and 5 percent of the water, although its agriculture supports 18 percent of the world’s population. Technical innovations were being adopted, but it seems the...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. launches naval escort operations in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran attacks UAE oil infrastructure, escalating geopolitical risk and supporting energy and broader commodity markets Biofuel demand entering uncharted territory, with soyoil valuation increasingly di...
The Middle East is said to be undergoing a transformation as economic priorities transcend security concerns. This is evidenced by diversification away from oil and the UAE’s departure from OPEC. Meanwhile, the Palestine issue has been deprioritized, and Iran has emerged as more destabili...
All eyes are shifting to the Senate following the House passage of a farm bill last Thursday. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman (R-Arkansas) is targeting the end of May or early June for a bill markup. According to Boozman, the House “going ahead and passing something was re...
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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.