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Key Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2023

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This year, Mr. Ellison spun a vision of how the global agricultural industry’s value chain could be reconstructed to improve the quality of food while making the industry much more sustainable. According to Mr. Ellison, food grown indoors with AI powered greenhouses has the potential to use 98% less water and 90% less land.

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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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5000 Grain Transport Containers Digitalized

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Stakeholders receive supply chain insights and customizable alerts around risks and events that require intervention based on real-time data. Nexyst 360’s unique NexBox container and digital services are made available via the Traceable AG, LLC platform to increase food security and human safety from loading to delivery.

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Adapting farmers to climate variability in Malawi

World Food Programme Logistics

With 75 percent of the world’s croplands being rainfed, rainfall arriving at the wrong time and place can have a devastating effect on people’s incomes and food security. Training day in Chikwawa It’s a busy Friday for the agricultural extension officers of Chikwawa and for Kajawoto village.

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Faster than Floods: How to Prevent a Double Disaster in Bangladesh

World Food Programme Logistics

Faster than floods: WFP works to avoid a double-disaster in Bangladesh WFP and the UN’s Central Emergency Relief Fund are using forecasts to help people prepare for the next climate shock Abdus salvages food for his livestock during flooding in Northern Bangladesh. Out of US$5.2 million disbursed in total, WFP received US$4.25

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

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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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World Humanitarian Day: What’s in the bag?

World Food Programme Logistics

World Food Programme professionals reveal the must-haves they carry with them while on duty in the field The contents of Czarina Macalos Kunso’s bag. Photo: WFP To mark World Humanitarian Day , we asked World Food Programme (WFP) staff to take a break from duty and reveal what they keep in their bags.