Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Egypt may face serious problems as climate change is raising the water level of the Mediterranean and allowing saltwater to run back into the Nile River and Delta which is making some farming areas unusable. While the effect is very serious in the long-term, for the short-term, dykes are being built or expanded to stop the inflow of salt water to agricultural lands. Egypt has said that wheat and other food products from Russia will be examined for radiation after the explosion of a Russian rocket engine that increased local radiation up to 16 times the normal level. There was a very positive article today in the Financial Times (FT) on the successful economic recovery of Egypt due larg...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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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.