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World Food Day: WFP works towards food security one sack at a time

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World Food Day: How WFP works towards food security?—?one one sack at a time A glimpse into how the World Food Programme buys food for nearly 100 million people A warehouse in Kano, one of three urban hubs in Nigeria, where WFP has launched cash and food assistance programmes in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Why Sustainable Food Systems are Needed in a post-COVID World

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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. They are evidence that the global food supply chain?—?highly

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Haiti: 3.7 million people need urgent food assistance

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A group of woman participate in a focus group with WFP in the South East department of Haiti in August 2019. 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 Copyright: WFP/Augustin Jeanty. million people.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

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Walmart currently has 4,000 stores operating as delivery hubs that fulfill and deliver a variety of order types, and it plans to have 40 parcel stations up and running by the end of the year. It also operates two electric yard tractors. million through the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program. FlexCold LLC plans to use $8.2

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Why becoming secretary of my village farmers’ group is important

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When Djata’s women’s farmer group chose her to be their Secretary, which requires travel outside the village, there was angst among some members about what her husband Kassoum’s reaction would be. In a context were men traditionally wield almost absolute power and authority, Kassoum operates on another level. who are elected.

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Connect Group Joins Forces for Greater Synergy and Strength

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Connect Group is integrating their strengths, proficiencies, and transport and logistics service experiences from all their affiliates to maximize its service quality. The groups goal is to promote Thailand’s import-export growth and to help open the door to a wider variety of global destinations with their comprehensive care and support.

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‘HIV is no longer a death sentence for us’

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The 41-year-old belongs to a group of people living with HIV in Cameroon’s Adamawa region. There are eight such groups in the town of Meiganga, each with 25 members?—?80 What unites group members along with their HIV status, he adds, is social and economic empowerment they receive?—?WFP 80 percent of them are women.