World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 6, 2019

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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World Food Programme Logistics

AUGUST 7, 2020

WFP provides food assistance to help communities get through the pandemic Poor access to healthcare and other essential services makes indigenous peoples particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. In Bolivia, the agency provided food assistance for the first time to 238 members of the Uru-Murato community who had decided to self-isolate.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

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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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Chemical manufacturers can use data analytics in their decision-making to enhance their productivity, reduce costs, and predict critical events that may impact their business. The growing population means an increased need for food and food production.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

How climate and coronavirus forced people into debt and hunger in Mauritania An early onset of the lean season and measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus affected food security in parts of Mauritania Cash transfers have helped several families in Mauritania this year. an early onset of the lean season.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

WFP and partners celebrate the World Food Day with an important message on nutrition and diet This year, WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jointly celebrated the World Food Day (16 October) with an event that put ending malnutrition and ensuring food security and healthy diets for all at the centre stage.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

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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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 2, 2020

The incidence of extreme weather events, including droughts, floods and storms, has doubled since the early 1990s, threatening to push up to 100 million people into severe food insecurity and increase malnutrition in children. WFP also provided nutrition support and longer-term food and cash assistance, reaching a total of 1.6

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

The JP RWEE is a unique UN initiative implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 15, 2019

Hunger-free world remains a huge challenge, food security report says Economic shocks, conflict and climate change drive hunger figures up for third year in a row A UN camp for displaced people in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo last year. Events in the Middle East?—?especially Stunting?—?or big economic shocks.”

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World Food Programme Logistics

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The World Food Programme is implementing an array of measures to face up to the region’s challenges As world leaders gather in Madrid for the 25th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25), Salvadoran farmer José Cirilo Mendoza looks worriedly at the sky?—?five Photo: WFP/Rocío Franco But it is not just about problems. “The

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World Food Programme Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

and how WFP has prepared and responded in 2019 Crises are becoming more frequent and intense, and our capacity to anticipate, mitigate and respond more sophisticated Climate change-related events threaten to push 100 million people into hunger and increase the risk of malnutrition in children. Here is a look at five of these disasters?—?and

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

This event, observed in the U.S. The National COSH also recognizes the impact these preventable events have on family members. To that end, the food distributor is transforming its distribution center in Riverside, Calif., and worldwide, honors workers who have become sick, injured, or lost their lives on the job.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 19, 2020

‘Robbed of potential’: One man’s love letter to Zimbabwe With the worst drought in decades devastating his country, a World Food Programme humanitarian shares his take Tatenda and friends: in a village in Mwenezi district, Zimbabwe. Many are forced to switch from nutritious food to cheaper staples. million people ? It has many faces.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

It also started to support four African countries in connecting smallholder farmers producing food and cotton to institutional markets, including school feeding programmes. It organized, co-organized or participated in around 20 high-level events to strengthen advocacy for South-South cooperation, Zero Hunger and school feeding.

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World Food Programme Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Photo: WFP/JohnPaul Sesonga Story by Daniel Kibsgaard For COTU, a cooperative consisting of 300 smallholder farmers in Ruhango District in Rwanda, maize is their primary source of income grown during the country’s main agriculture Season A. Traditionally, the cooperative rotated from maize to mixed bean production for the secondary Season B.

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World Food Programme Logistics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Photo: WFP/Didier Bukuru On 19 February, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Japan signed a partnership agreement aiming to promote education, food security and nutrition in Burundi through the provision of daily school meals to students in areas most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition across the country.

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World Food Programme Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2020

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. The family sleeps on a boat as they wait for the water to subside.

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World Food Programme Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The event built on the recognition of the rising importance of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), and the call for more investments in this area which found global endorsement earlier this year at the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40), held in March in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 15, 2020

Professor Jenny Pearce of the London School of Economics talks to WFP’s Insight to mark the UN’s Day of Living Together in Peace Colombia: WFP and World Vision provide 5.000 food baskets to Colombians and migrants in Soacha, near Bogotá. Rome: Jenny Pearce speaking at a World Food Programme event in November 2019. Peace is key.

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World Food Programme Logistics

AUGUST 18, 2020

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.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 26, 2017

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 Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 24, 2019

While rainfall totals have remained constant, patterns have become erratic and extreme rainfall events are more common. A wide range of impacts Over the past year, the Congolese government, the World Food Programme (WFP)and partners have led community consultations to understand how changes in the climate are affecting people.

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World Food Programme Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

World Food Programme steps up resilience building in Zimbabwe as country stands on the brink of a major food crisis “People are marching towards starvation if we are not here to help them,” said the World Food Programme’s (WFP) Executive Director, David Beasley, after concluding a recent trip to Zimbabwe. “We

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ShipLilly

JUNE 27, 2020

In any event, the Vaderland never carried any oil cargo; contrary to the original purpose for which it was designed and constructed. The devastation of agricultural regions meant that there was little grain in the fields and even fewer people to harvest it. This left little transportation options for agricultural products.

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World Food Programme Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Local residents, school children, shopkeepers, the Deputy Commissioners Officer, and hotel workers joined the humanitarian community in collecting a literal truckload of rubbish from the white sands of Cox’s Bazar, including lastic bags, food packaging, cigarette butts, straws, and water bottles . Read more about WFP’s work in Bangladesh.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this, our second quarterly roundup, we’re revealing the following supply chain issues and events making news in industry media and beyond: The growing adoption of digital twin technology in the supply chain. Australia Food Supply Chains Weather Beaten from Farm to Fork. Has PepsiCo Had its Chips?

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 17, 2019

With German support, the World Food Programme (WFP) is already implementing three innovative answers. Floods, storms and droughts destroy land, livestock, food stocks and harvests. Since the early 1990s, the frequency of these extreme weather events has doubled. How to tackle climate change? There is too much or too little rain.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The IMO-Norway-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) GloLitter Project to tackle marine plastic litter will receive co-financing of US$54,5000 under the third agreement with Saudi Arabia. Find out more about the GloFouling Project here: GloFouling Partnerships Project (imo.org). Targeting marine plastic litter.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 11, 2024

Some states offer tax-free shopping events to help low-income residents purchase specific essentials, such as school supplies. Some businesses, including non-profits, schools, religious organizations, and federal or state governments, qualify for tax exemptions on almost everything they buy.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 6, 2021

For instance, online shopping of essentials has increased the burden on e-commerce companies, but companies that serve the restaurant and event industries have seen dramatic declines in demand. China, a major consumer of global commodities and agricultural products, was the first to shut its borders and impose lockdowns due to the virus.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 6, 2021

For instance, online shopping of essentials has increased the burden on e-commerce companies, but companies that serve the restaurant and event industries have seen dramatic declines in demand. China, a major consumer of global commodities and agricultural products, was the first to shut its borders and impose lockdowns due to the virus.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Representatives of the automotive, agricultural, software and financial services sectors voiced a positive tone on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Negotiating parties eventually agreed to a 75 percent North American value content requirement, no U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

agricultural sector is acutely aware that a NAFTA termination, and the higher tariffs expected to come with it, would erode the comprehensive supply chain optimization that has worked cohesively with NAFTA’s market access benefits and regionally tailored regulations to allow U.S. Withdrawal Complications. 1 foreign outlet for U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Free Trade Agreement has established zero tariffs on goods but, with it, it has put up new barriers to the flow of goods, including fresh paperwork, customs checks, and health/standards checks for food and agricultural products and, consequently, added new costs to the expense of cross-border trading.

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

It's ideal for medium-to-high production volumes and suitable for batch production processes such as factories making food variants. For example, full warehouse automation to support event-driven, mission-critical system delivery. Food and beverage processing What Are Industrial Automation Systems? What Is Industrial Automation?

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Charles Redfield, executive vice president of food for Wal-Mart U.S., Anything from heavy traffic and construction work that causes serious delays to severe weather events that makes travel all but impossible will all have a negative impact on carriers. Wal-Mart has signaled it could do more than levy fines if problems persist.

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