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WFP and Kyrgyzstan Government respond to coronavirus challenges

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Collaboration underway to make sure nutritious food reaches people who need it most WFP meets project beneficiaries to explain safety measures during food distribution: Photo: WFP/Mariia Babieva WFP is working around the clock to maintain food assistance programmes in Kyrgyzstan while monitoring the socioeconomic situation across the country.

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Seeds of Hope

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Greenhouse of hope for Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran WFP and its UN sister agency the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) work together to boost resilience Zahra Samandari, Mohajerin Semnan Settlement. have been trained on developing irrigation and nutritious crops, while linking their products to markets.

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

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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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China’s First Fresh Produce Block Train Moved By DB Schenker

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Leading global logistics provider DB Schenker will soon make their inaugural shipment of fresh produce using a block train with 11 refrigerator containers to transport goods to Moscow Walter West Station from Qingbaijiang International Railway Port in Chengdu, China.

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Building peace and livelihoods in Sierra Leone

World Food Programme Logistics

will focus on the Moyamba and Pujehun districts, where land acquisitions and widespread degradation of farming lands are having a deep impact on communities, who mainly rely on agriculture for their means of livelihood and have suffered a reduction in agricultural production, access to food and income.

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Eight numbers showing how WFP is innovating to disrupt hunger

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It’s also the same number of people reached in 2019 by innovations scaling up with the support of the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator. 1)18,000: the number of people benefiting from digital skills training through WFP’s EMPACT programme. A woman utilizes the benefits of WFP’s cash assistance via blockchain in Jordan.

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When supply chain meets chocolate

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Indeed, this big multinational is the world leader in the food industry. However, the company decided to change their distribution network in order to be aligned with their customers’ needs. It is for example one of the reason why more and more people are changing their diets to eat more organic and/or plant-based food.