Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. As part of the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) is investing $196 million to strengthen the agricultural supply chain and lower food costs. This milestone is just the first of many.”

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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. Now, the U.S. Now, the U.S. Next, the U.S.

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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. The shop is generating extra income that I use to provide for my family.”

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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. Read in Spanish. According to a U.S. A Vital Job Generator.

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

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Demand for grocery delivery cools as food costs rise. Earlier this week, the company announced that it will acquire Italy’s Bomi Group, which provides global healthcare logistics services. UPS continues investments in lucrative healthcare arm. 7-Eleven acquires Skipcart delivery service.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

million tonnes of food are wasted in the UK supply chain every year. Food waste is not only an issue for your bank balance, but the environment too. When we throw food away, we’re wasting the water, energy, and space that’s been used to grow, produce, and transport it. This sector’s 1.6

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2024

Consumers want more fruits and vegetables in their diets but produce shippers must face these common logistics challenges to keep up with their demand. Let’s explore the intricacies of these difficulties and how they all can be taken care of by working with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider, like Trinity Logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nearly eight in 10 (78%) consumers consider food waste, likely out of a desire to minimize spending. Lower-income consumers and those using food assistance programs care the most about food waste as a purchase driver—again, suggesting it is a response to higher prices.” To read the article, click HERE.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Global supply chains have largely recovered from the shocks experienced by the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war, with industries such as energy and food witnessing price and supply shortages ease significantly compared to the highs of 2022. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) global food price index fell to 122.3

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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. Photo: FAO Last week in Rome, the global Food Security Cluster ?—?of

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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. million metric tons of food. In 2018, WFP purchased 3.6

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

She covers logistics with a focus on ecommerce. Emma previously covered supply chains and food and agriculture technology for Supply Chain Dive and AgFunder News. Emma previously covered supply chains and food and agriculture technology for Supply Chain Dive and AgFunder News. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast.

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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). million people.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Kroger’s foundation is funding food waste research. Both of the pilots are starting out small and delivering food from only a few merchants, including, an organic cafe and juicery called Kreation. Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional.

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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.”

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 25, 2021

In order to do this successfully, they will have to manage their logistics and supply chain accordingly. The choice of which logistics approach to embrace becomes especially impactful as carriers feel the crunch in California. The post How Can An Inbound Logistics Program Help During Produce Season?

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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.” For Madbai, the road has far reaching benefits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

PepsiCo is a very big company, the second largest food and beverage company in the world. PepsiCo generated $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, with 23 food and beverage brands that generate more than $1 billion each in retail sales. Because of the food giant’s size, their sustainability strategy also is very broad.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This year, Mr. Ellison spun a vision of how the global agricultural industry’s value chain could be reconstructed to improve the quality of food while making the industry much more sustainable. According to Mr. Ellison, food grown indoors with AI powered greenhouses has the potential to use 98% less water and 90% less land.

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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. Kabiyaki and Tuzamurane-Cyeza cooperatives both began receiving support from WFP in 2016. in 2020.

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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. Photo: AFP The World Food Programme (WFP) is extremely concerned about the state of food security in Lebanon after the country?—?already

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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. They also teamed up with food processors who make the gari to share their know-how.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 14, 2023

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has had a significant impact on the global logistics market at every level. The hostilities have hindered the smooth flow of goods, leading to increased costs and product shortages, including food shortages on a catastrophic scale worldwide.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 3, 2019

Rotterdam Food Hub Project Unveiled by Port of Rotterdam Authority The Port of Rotterdam Authority who operate Europe’s biggest port recently announced the launch of the Rotterdam Food Hub. The new 60-hectare industrial facility will […]. The new 60-hectare industrial facility will […].

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Patrizia AG, a leading partner for global real assets, has acquired a two-asset logistics scheme in Veghel, The Netherlands, on behalf of its institutional clients for around EUR 65 million from Next Level Development; a renowned logistics developer in the Netherlands.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

The Dirty Dozen, in alphabetical order, are: Amazon, Atlantic Coast Utilities/Laurence Moloney, Daikin America, Dollar General, Ernst Nursery and Farms, Foundation Food Group/Gold Creek Foods, Hilton Hotels, Kingspan Light and Air, Liox Cleaners/Wash Supply Laundromat, Mayfield Consumer Products, Refresco, and Starbucks.

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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 and with the Bamba Chakula cash, we get mainly beans and wheat flour.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 16, 2020

Photo: WFP/Rein Skullerud “It is still too early for an accurate assessment of the impact of Covid-19 on the economy,” says the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Chief Economist, Arif Husain, speaking from an eerily quiet, locked-down Rome. In these contexts, a slowdown in the economy can exacerbate existing food insecurity.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 22, 2020

WFP and Government are working to train mothers in agriculture as poor diets put the lives of 56,000 children at risk Empowered to grow: Dorica with homegrown, vitamin-A rich, sweet potatoes. million children under-5 could die over the next six months if health care and food markets are disrupted. Eventually, he fell sick.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 25, 2020

WFP humanitarians are stepping up efforts to ensure vulnerable people across the country receive life-saving food assistance Ruba al-Dirany is a monitoring assistant for WFP in the Bekaa area. WFP works to ensure the most vulnerable have sufficient and nutritious food all year long.

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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.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 13, 2020

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Airfreight Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

Emirates SkyCargo has utilized the cargo capacity on its Boeing 777 freighter and Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighter aircraft to help maintain and replenish food supplies in the UAE during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the month of April alone, Emirates SkyCargo helped bring in food supplies into the UAE from over 35 countries around the world.

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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 Proverbs that reference food to describe facets of life?

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Logistics Manager

MAY 3, 2019

The Port of Rotterdam Authority who operate Europe’s biggest port recently announced the launch of the Rotterdam Food Hub. This new hub will strengthen their position as Western Europe’s biggest transit port for agricultural, horticultural and fishery products.

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