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The Supply Chain Journal
APRIL 27, 2021
The Association of American Railroads , data provider Railinc and agricultural shippers have joined forces to create an online portal aimed at improving visibility for covered hopper cars. The portal’s functions will help agricultural shippers meet and comply with the U.S.
World Food Programme Logistics
JANUARY 21, 2020
Malawi: Solar-powered irrigation is offsetting southern Africa’s drought How climate-smart tech from the World Food Programme is helping one smallholder farmer grow, sell and run a shop Rabson Diwa, right, says WFP assistance is ‘a big relief’ to the Domwe community.
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Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 24, 2022
In recent years, farmers and other food suppliers have recognized the need for technology modernization. But they’ve been slower to recognize the importance of cybersecurity
Trinity Logistics
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The food and beverage industry has faced significant challenges and growth over the past couple of years. So, what’s currently affecting the food and beverage sectors? In this blog, we’re going to dive into some of the latest trends in the food and beverage industry.
SIPMM Professional Publications
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Where do you get your food from, and where does the Food waste go? The point is, we expect food to be readily available. We expect our society to produce food through ethical agricultural practices, […]. The post Key Considerations for Reverse Logistics of Agricultural Products appeared first on SIPMM INSTITUTE. I am sure most of us will have the same answer as me: from the Grocery Store to the Dustbin.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Almost three quarters of the world’s current food production will face extreme risks from heat stress by 2045, according to a report by risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft
247 Customs Broker
APRIL 17, 2019
FMCSA has granted a waiver to allow alternate cargo securement methods for certain agricultural commodities. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in a Federal Register notice published April 15 that truck drivers hauling certain agricultural commodities can now use alternate methods for cargo securement. FMCSA granted the waiver to the American Trucking Associations’ Agricultural […].
World Food Programme Logistics
OCTOBER 16, 2020
World Food Day: How WFP works towards food security?—?one Photo: WFP/Damilola Onafuwa The United Nations World Food Programme is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The Prize recognizes WFP’s work highlighting the link between food security and conflict.
World Food Programme Logistics
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
Technical support from Benin and Cote d’Ivoire helps Congolese food processors enhance the quality of cassava-based products At Bouansa, a busy intersection on the highway linking Brazzaville and Pointe Noire, a new product is available on roadside stalls.
World Food Programme Logistics
MAY 7, 2019
Your neighbor is your brother- agricultural stability in a war-torn country In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the opposing Twa and Luba tribes are on peaceful terms thanks to a joint resilience project implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It has also disrupted staple food production in the historically very productive province of Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Mazars Ledger
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
On July 23, Mazars hosted our first ever virtual Food and Beverage Forum. Our guest speakers, Marc Oshima, co-founder and… The post Mazars Food and Beverage Virtual Forum appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.
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Mazars Ledger
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
On July 23, Mazars hosted our first ever virtual Food and Beverage Forum. Our guest speakers, Marc Oshima, co-founder and… The post Mazars Food and Beverage Virtual Forum appeared first on The Ledger - Mazars USA. He has 35 years of experience in the Food and Beverage industry.
World Food Programme Logistics
OCTOBER 16, 2019
The farmers fighting food loss in Uganda Training in handling harvests to reduce spoiling is ushering subsistence farming towards agribusiness Members of the Akumuklire Outgrowers’ Society in Pakanyi outside their community warehouse. farmers there face the daily challenge of firefighting food loss. Patrick Achikal, chair of the Akumuklire Outgrowers’ Society, which plays a key role in reducing post-harvest losses of food through improved handling and storage.
World Food Programme Logistics
MARCH 16, 2020
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. With food in stock, life is different now.”
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 27, 2021
Digitally-enabled supply chains are helping food and agriculture companies manage fluctuating demand, but they also come with risks
The Supply Chain Journal
APRIL 28, 2021
agriculture industry is pressuring the Department of Transportation for immediate intervention in foreign-owned carriers’ denial of U.S. This letter is the latest in a series the agriculture industry has sent in an urgent plea to stop the denial of trade and increased demurrage costs.
The LoadStar
OCTOBER 13, 2021
South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) has asked flag-carrier HMM to reserve space for food and agri-product exporters on its South Korea-Australia services in November and December.
World Food Programme Logistics
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
million people in around 83 countries each year , the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030 , one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. million metric tons of food.
World Food Programme Logistics
APRIL 30, 2019
We hardly ever had enough food and we could not afford to send our children to school,” she says. Food on the table and new skills for tomorrow Ten years and eight water pumps later, Esther and Munyithya are now model farmers, mentoring others in the village. Photo: WFP/Martin Karimi Esther’s family was however selected to take part in a Food for Assets initiative?—?a a project targeting families facing a severe lack of food. drought food agriculture africa resilienc
World Food Programme Logistics
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Nigerian chefs tell why they cook, and how they use foods and vegetables from Nigeria to make healthy and nutritious meals ‘A man who calls his kinsmen to feast does not do so to save them from starving…We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.’?—?Chinua Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart Food is part of speech, life and well-being in Nigeria. Proverbs that reference food to describe facets of life?—?like Photo: WFP/Neec Nonso “I am a Food Explorer.
World Food Programme Logistics
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Stop food waste, start making profit Breaking the cycle of hunger through post-harvest skills Rufina winnows maize at Gwiritse Cooperative warehouse. Imagine what one farmer could do if all that food was not wasted?—?and and now imagine what this would mean if this happened with millions of food-insecure farmers. Photo: WFP/Badre Bahaji “Before, I would struggle to buy even soap, sugar, cooking oil and other food needs. agriculture humanitarian cooperatives malawi
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Department of Agriculture rules on the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food are being extended to include smaller producers and sellers.
World Food Programme Logistics
JULY 16, 2020
2020 will be a year of reckoning for the world’s food systems. What could this mean for food systems? Story by Nicoletta Batini, James Lomax, and Divya Mehra Food systems are essential to economic activity because they provide the energy that we need to live and work.
World Food Programme Logistics
APRIL 22, 2020
Photo: WFP/Marwa Awad World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley has warned that in addition to the threat posed by COVID-19, the world faces “multiple famines of biblical proportions” that could result in 300,000 deaths per day?—?a
World Food Programme Logistics
JUNE 5, 2020
smallholders are now selling to the World Food Programme Mtendeli Refugee Camp in Kakonko District, Kigoma Region, Tanzania. They are dependent on the humanitarian community to provide for basic needs such as food. The food was then distributed in Tanzania and in neighbouring countries.
MTS Logistics
JUNE 1, 2022
The food supply chain is a complex and intricate system that is responsible for getting food from farms to grocery stores. One of the biggest problems facing the food supply chain today is delays. government has announced that it is taking actions to reform the food supply chain.
World Food Programme Logistics
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
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. united-nations fao world-food-programm
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 22, 2020
Elements of the agriculture and food industries that have been slow to adopt technology are feeling the most pain from the coronavirus pandemic
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Agricultural commodity buyers from Cairo to Islamabad have been on a shopping spree since the COVID-19 pandemic upended supply chains
World Food Programme Logistics
AUGUST 6, 2020
Food prices expected to ‘skyrocket’ as country already beset by its worst-ever financial crisis is brought to its knees WFP lost 120,000 metric tons of food as Tuesday’s explosion destroyed Beirut’s port. debit cards loaded with cash to buy food?—?through
WorkWave
JANUARY 4, 2022
Check out the top 10 food industry trends for 2022 that you need to know about: Seamless Take-Out & Delivery Operations. This is without question, the number one food industry trend that’ll be crucial for your business’s success in 2022. Master the Art of Food Freezing.
World Food Programme Logistics
MAY 21, 2019
From Food Insecure To Self-Reliant How asset creation and livelihood diversification leads to resilience in Kenya’s arid counties. Picture: WFP/Alessandro Abbonizio “I wanted for us to be self-sufficient, because I knew that one day the free food would end.” Susan and her husband James joined the programme after a succession of droughts in 2008 and 2009 had left them unable to grow food and dependent on relief food. humanitarian food-security kenya usaid wfp
World Food Programme Logistics
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Rising prices, socio-economic unrest and a drop in agricultural production have led to an increase in food insecurity in Haiti, warn the National Coordination of Food Security (CNSA), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). According to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis , more than one in three people need urgent food assistance, that is nearly 3.7
World Food Programme Logistics
JANUARY 21, 2019
Growing food anywhere WFP tries out Hydroponics in Kakuma camps Maru Turich Ador, one of the youth participating in the WFP hydroponics trial in Kakuma inspects spinach growing on a net-tube. We usually just eat the food given to us like sorghum and peas?—?and Encouraging the consumption of vegetables is expected to offer a longer-term solution to diet-related ailments especially among the youth who prefer high energy but less nutritious foods.
World Food Programme Logistics
OCTOBER 22, 2020
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. agriculture iran humanitarian refugees food
Now, That's Logistics
JANUARY 24, 2018
Exporting a high percentage of the world’s fruits and vegetables, Peru’s farmers and food manufacturers require a high degree of logistics and transportation support for their perishable products. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report (Census of Agriculture. In Peru, asparagus agriculture is a vital job generator—and much more important than other traditional crops in the areas, such as cotton, corn, or rice. Industry News cold food chain PeruRead in Spanish.
World Food Programme Logistics
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Photo: Alexis Masciarelli Climate-risk-informed development for sood sefcurity Background & Concept Note WFP and its partners envision a world in which all people, including future generations, are well-nourished and food secure and in which food systems can absorb and manage emerging patterns of risk. At the centre of resilient food systems are resilient communities that can adapt to a growing number of climate shocks and stresses.
NGT News
AUGUST 31, 2020
A new study led by Colorado State University – including an interdisciplinary team of plant scientists, ecologists and engineers – has predicted significant climate benefits stemming from the use of advanced biofuel technologies.
World Food Programme Logistics
JUNE 9, 2020
WFP-supported farm cooperatives distribute surplus food to vulnerable community members Members of Kabiyaki farm cooperative packaging cooperative-produced maize to donate to community members impacted by the COVID-19 lockdown.
World Food Programme Logistics
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
With rice imports prone to delays, the World Food Programme finds a worthy alternative in the popular root vegetable WFP is working with Congo’s Ministry of Agriculture and the University of Greenwich to ensure high standards of output. cassava agriculture congo food africa
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