Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Tunisia’s President said that recent wheat shortages have been overcome but millers and bakers say they have not as yet seen wheat or flour supply improving. Imports of much needed wheat have also been slowed by financing problems in Tunisia that have made paying for imports very difficult. Morocco’s OCP Group announced it has acquired a 50 percent interest in Spain’s GlobalFeed. GlobalFeed is a producer of mineral based animal/aqua nutrition products. Egypt will receive $66 million from the EU and the French Development Agency in order to expand grain storage by 420,000 MT. The existing grain storage capacity is 3.5 MMT...
What You Need to Know Today: Iran says its definition of the Strait of Hormuz is now a “vast operation area” that stretches from Jask to Siri Island. The White House said President Trump did not sign a suspension of the TRQs on beef imports but is “finalizing potential...
If the media headlines and Trump critics are to be believed, President Trump is headed to Beijing this Thursday in a weakened position. China is in control, it has the upper hand, and expectations are very low. These are the same critics that argue against overly simplistic zero-sum analyses in...
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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.