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Inequity in the agri-food chain and waste of food

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The article entitled “Inequity in the agri-food chain and waste of food” analyzes the topic of food waste using the case specific to fruit production in the Spanish city of Lleida, arguing that this does not depend on the level of modernization of its chain logistics in terms of technology, but it is a problem of power within it.

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From Food Insecure To Self-Reliance

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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.” When it was our turn, we bought seeds and some chickens” says Susan.

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Unique selling point: Women farmers in Bangladesh find buyers in refugees

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International Women’s Day: In Cox’s Bazar growers are expanding their customer base to include residents of WFP-backed camps Mithu is one of the farmers benefiting from the World Food Programme’s work with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. such as microloans and national agricultural schemes?—?that

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Boosting the livelihoods of women in rural communities

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Women take the lead in boosting livelihoods in rural Sierra Leone How cash transfers are powering women’s efforts to improve food security and livelihoods in Sierra Leone Women harvesting their crop at a rice field in Helebu, Pujehun district of Sierra Leone. giving her children more nutritious food and keeping them healthy.

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Harvesting hope in South Sudan

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Peter is one of a 40-member farmer group in Beremaku One in Yambio, located about 355 km west of South Sudan’s capital, Juba. Despite the best climatic conditions for agriculture in their area, Peter and his colleagues had given-up on commercial farming due to poor road networks, low crop yields and lack of market to sell their produce.

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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. My dream is that my children finish their studies and that they will eventually have a good job afterwards.