Contrasting Corn Policies Both Mexico and Kenya have a problem with food security and the adverse impacts of inflation, but Nairobi and Mexico City have arrived at very different policies for addressing the problem. Kenya has adopted open cultivation and imports of GMO white corn. By contrast, Mexico has announced a ban on imports of GMO corn, and now has added an export ban on white corn, plus 23 other food products. Moreover, food suppliers will be sanctioned if they raise prices. Kenya has increased the potential supply, which will have a price depressing effect. Mexico has restricted supply via border measures and by limiting any price incentive for further supplying the market. Bye, Bye Blair Germany submitted to Brussels its...
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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.