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The food explorers of Nigeria

World Food Programme Logistics

Nigerian chefs tell why they cook, and how they use foods and vegetables from Nigeria to make healthy and nutritious meals ‘A man who calls his kinsmen to feast does not do so to save them from starving…We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.’?—?Chinua Proverbs that reference food to describe facets of life?

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WFP and Kyrgyzstan Government respond to coronavirus challenges

World Food Programme Logistics

Collaboration underway to make sure nutritious food reaches people who need it most WFP meets project beneficiaries to explain safety measures during food distribution: Photo: WFP/Mariia Babieva WFP is working around the clock to maintain food assistance programmes in Kyrgyzstan while monitoring the socioeconomic situation across the country.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

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The retail giant has launched a program to recruit and train college graduates to become store managers, promising a starting wage of at least $65,000 a year and an accelerated two-year track into the top store job. Kroger’s foundation is funding food waste research. Wingcopter to deploy 12,000 drones across Africa.

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Meet Ali’s cash cow, Subha

World Food Programme Logistics

Meet Ali’s cash cow, Sabah The Bekaa Valley is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon where many people own cows. One day in spring, a conversation with a local vet about Sabah’s problematic knee resulted in Ali enrolling in a paid course on livestock care. Ali’s cash cow, Sabah. He met his wife there and raised five children there.

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Weaving a tapestry of skills

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP/Edward Johnson For three days a week over two months, the women attend the blended theoretical and practical haberdashery classes in MAPS’ training centre in the Bekaa Valley. Germany is the World Food Programme’s (WFP) sole supporter of livelihood projects in Lebanon and has funded over 350 projects since 2017.

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How herders are turning to farming and fishing to earn a living in Kenya

World Food Programme Logistics

Forced to the farmland Katilu irrigation scheme is one of more than 50 that dot the course of the Turkwell River. Many who practice agriculture here come from a lineage of herders, but are increasingly turning their efforts towards farming. “My including guarding the safety and quality of food all the way to the dinner table.

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Why pulses are soaked in goodness

World Food Programme Logistics

Nutritious to the core, beans, lentils and co are a key part of WFP food assistance?—?and one of the 51 countries from which the World Food Programme (WFP) procured 324,168 metric tons of pulses, worth US$ 187 million, last year. WFP provides seeds, new knowledge in agricultural practices , and a market for the produce.