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Climate Risk-Informed Development for Food Security

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: Alexis Masciarelli Climate-risk-informed development for sood sefcurity Background & Concept Note WFP and its partners envision a world in which all people, including future generations, are well-nourished and food secure and in which food systems can absorb and manage emerging patterns of risk.

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Terrorism and Supply Chain: A Growing Threat of Supply Chain Terrorism

GlobalTranz

I recently spoke with Randy Russell of the Russell Group , an agricultural lobbying firm that works with farmers and manufacturers from the supply chain, to ask about his thoughts on terrorism and the impact it can have on the supply chain, especially related to our food and water supplies.

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5 extreme weather shocks???and how WFP responded

World Food Programme Logistics

The incidence of extreme weather events, including droughts, floods and storms, has doubled since the early 1990s, threatening to push up to 100 million people into severe food insecurity and increase malnutrition in children. WFP also provided nutrition support and longer-term food and cash assistance, reaching a total of 1.6

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5 climate-driven disasters?—?and how WFP has prepared and responded in 2019

World Food Programme Logistics

and how WFP has prepared and responded in 2019 Crises are becoming more frequent and intense, and our capacity to anticipate, mitigate and respond more sophisticated Climate change-related events threaten to push 100 million people into hunger and increase the risk of malnutrition in children. Here is a look at five of these disasters?—?and

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IMO and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sign new partnerships

Shipping and Freight Resource

The IMO-Norway-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) GloLitter Project to tackle marine plastic litter will receive co-financing of US$54,5000 under the third agreement with Saudi Arabia. Find out more about the GloFouling Project here: GloFouling Partnerships Project (imo.org). Targeting marine plastic litter.

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Three solutions against climate change, simply explained

World Food Programme Logistics

With German support, the World Food Programme (WFP) is already implementing three innovative answers. Floods, storms and droughts destroy land, livestock, food stocks and harvests. Since the early 1990s, the frequency of these extreme weather events has doubled. How to tackle climate change? There is too much or too little rain.

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6 Types of Automation [Benefits, Pros/Cons, Examples]

Conger

It's ideal for medium-to-high production volumes and suitable for batch production processes such as factories making food variants. For example, full warehouse automation to support event-driven, mission-critical system delivery. Food and beverage processing What Are Industrial Automation Systems? What Is Industrial Automation?