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Using food to create community assets

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Food as a tool bringing South Sudan back to life How a road built with the help of WFP connects a community to a new world of opportunities A WFP four-wheel-drive vehicle cruising on the gravel road constructed by Madbai farmers’ group. The farmers’ group is 230 strong?—?most km gravel road to the world. After the 3.5

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No end to world hunger without an end to conflict?—? WFP warns

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WFP warns Make food a tool for peace instead, urges Executive Director Marking International Day of Peace today, the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Executive Director David Beasley is adamant: “There’s no two ways about it?—?we A weapon of war or a tool for peace? Lack of food due to conflict is a well-established fact.

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From fingers on triggers to green thumbs

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A group of former Farc rebels in Colombia is growing crops for the World Food Programme’s school feeding service An ex-guerrilla tends to tomato plants on a farming cooperative in La Guarija province. With a small group of fellow workers, he ties young tomato stems with string to protect them from gusts of wind.

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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. Nutritious food enjoyed at school feeds the bodies and minds of children.

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“Thank you for being a great mother and father to your children.”

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WFP believes that women’s participation in income-generating activities and encouraging them to contribute to the improvement of the household’s food security is an important action to take in making real progress in the community. Thank you for setting a good example to your children and to other women.

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Bridging the Gap Between Supply Chain Design and Planning

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That’s why we see supply chain leaders leveraging a class of technology known as “Analytics Platforms” which are emerging as the bridge between enterprise planning systems and advanced analytics tools. Case Example: Profitable Production Capacity Planning. So how does this work?

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Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

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Her supply chain experience includes specialist roles at AMR Research, Clorox, Gartner Group, Kraft, and Procter & Gamble. I think most supply chain professionals don’t understand financial balance sheets and most finance people don’t speak the language of supply chain so in my own way, I was trying to make that easier for both groups.