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Reducing Emissions in the Food & Beverage Industry Requires Farmers to Make Progress

Logistics Viewpoints

Global food companies are increasingly promising to make progress in reducing emissions across their end-to-end value chain. In the food & beverage industry, farmers are the key suppliers. In the US, agriculture creates 11% of greenhouse gas emissions. At Indigo , soil samples and on-farm data are collected.

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Inequity in the agri-food chain and waste of food

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The article entitled “Inequity in the agri-food chain and waste of food” analyzes the topic of food waste using the case specific to fruit production in the Spanish city of Lleida, arguing that this does not depend on the level of modernization of its chain logistics in terms of technology, but it is a problem of power within it.

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Stand and deliver: 10 years of the global Food Security Cluster

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World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization join their partners to mark a decade of collaboration South Sudan: Fishing kits and seeds provided by FAO as part of a rapid-response mission with WFP, Oxfam and Save the Children. Photo: FAO Last week in Rome, the global Food Security Cluster ?—?of

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. Redundancy is the ability of a supply chain to have extra or alternative resources and options to cope with disruptions.

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Philippines: From fighters to forest rangers and farmers

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The agreement was forged between WFP, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), the Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG), and the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA). Read more about WFP’s work in the Philippines here.

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the following economic sanctions spiked energy prices and created new sourcing challenges for certain agricultural products and raw materials. And future supply chains will rely on effective data collection, advanced analytics, automation, and control towers augmented with AI/ML technology.

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Governments grapple with Supply Chain Disruption

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Food and beverages remain the most commonly stolen commodity and the report highlighted that this has increased considerably in 2022, increasing share by 2.8%. The proportion of automotive and fuel thefts is also rising, whereas the proportion of electronics, agriculture and construction theft has fallen.