Extraordinary policy initiatives are being deployed in these rarest of times. New York City has reportedly sought charitable contributions toward keeping its food supply chains operational. Dairy processors, which have fought milk production controls for decades agreed with producers on a paid diversion program. A similar limit on milk production is being sought in Europe where there is fear of creating milk lakes as stay-at-home orders shift the demands of ordinary consumers. EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski cautioned that resources are not unlimited for dealing with the crisis but that is likely to change. Previously, the goal was to ensure continuation of globalization but today EU trade ministers were to meet to discuss...
Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.