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Artificial Intelligence and the Global Agriculture Value Chain

Enterra Insights

As a result, crop prices in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia collapsed with the onslaught of cheaper imports — generating protests in those countries. With maritime exports of grain continuing to be at risk, Ukrainian grain has been funneled landward into Eastern Europe.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon has announced that it is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to get much-needed supplies to refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine. When supplies are low, and demand is high (or even at normal levels), prices tend to surge.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

London policy makers conceived the idea of freeports as a means of extending Britain’s commercial empire and to ruin the rival Dutch trade economy. The country is a founding member of the World Trade Organisation and pursues a free trade policy that does not charge customs tariffs. At the heart of this is its port.