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Kenya’s largest county builds demand for food safety and quality control

World Food Programme Logistics

Meeting demand in Kenya for food safety and quality control All grain suppliers in Marsabit County now know that they need to be certified and issued with a public health certificate A trained public health officer tests maize kernels for mycotoxins such as aflatoxin and fumonisin using mobile laboratory equipment at Marsabit District Hospital.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

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The ripple effects of the conflict in Ukraine will further drive up US food prices. Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture. However, food and farming costs are expected to rise. I have no choice but to pay it to meet my target crop yields.” The driving factor here is fertilizer.

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Continental commitment by African Governments to school feeding

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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. School meals programmes are an investment in Africa’s future.

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School feeding in Senegal brings the wider community into the mix

World Food Programme Logistics

A visit to Saré Bidji shows how government, people and the World Food Programme are putting children’s futures first President Macky Sall has pledged to launch a national school feeding programme targeting rural and peri-urban areas this year, following advocacy by WFP and the Ministry of National Education.