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Continental commitment by African Governments to school feeding

World Food Programme Logistics

Spurring innovation, food safety and quality capacity strengthening and economic resilience This year’s Africa Day of School Feeding comes at the heels of the first ever Future of Food Safety Conference held at the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Kenya’s Government celebrates the handover of School Meals Programme.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

However, as logistics is a comprehensive system of activities and tasks, logistics readiness can only be assured by combining effective resource use with efficient processes, good governance, well-designed organisations with articulated authorities, and a willingness to address often unglamorous issues. Huston, Sinews of War.

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Changing lives in 30 countries during 2018 thanks to the Brazilian experience

World Food Programme Logistics

The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger supported 30 governments, benefiting some 4 million school children and thousands of smallholder farmers. We have carried out so many interesting activities that revisiting some of them and the results we achieved is worth the exercise. million children in the next five years. Zero Hunger.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

However, as logistics is a comprehensive system of activities and tasks, logistics readiness can only be assured by combining effective resource use with efficient processes, good governance, well-designed organisations with articulated authorities, and a willingness to address often unglamorous issues. Huston, Sinews of War.

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Tyranny of the Easy Button: Finding Balance Between Contract & Organic Logistics

Logistics in War

The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. With these in mind, contracting on the battlefield soon became more accessible and more acceptable, leading to contractor mission creep, as well as creep in the rules governing their use.

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The water in the well – how much readiness is enough?

Logistics in War

Firstly, it recommended conducting realistic wargames and exercises to reflect threats and the capability of the ‘logistics enterprise’ to respond. It’s a question that hits at the heart of strategic policy, if not national military strategy. It’s worth dwelling on what it found. 1] See Eccles, H.,

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations ? is it time for a new ?national support agenda??

Logistics in War

This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and the supplemental Defence Industry Policy Statement.