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Stand and deliver: 10 years of the global Food Security Cluster

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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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Meet Ali’s cash cow, Subha

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Meet Ali’s cash cow, Sabah The Bekaa Valley is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon where many people own cows. The classes, facilitated by the Italian non-governmental organisation (NGO) Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria ( ICU ) and supported by the World Food Programme ( WFP ). Ali’s cash cow, Sabah.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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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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Empowering Women in Rural Rwanda

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Isabella Uwizeyimana, a maize farmer from the Coopabinya farmer cooperative in southern Rwanda, attributes her success to RWEE’s training on improved agriculture practices and post-harvest handling. I chair meetings and contribute to making good decisions towards my community’s development” said Isabella.

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‘HIV is no longer a death sentence for us’

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We’ve got food and investments to face it,” he adds, referring to the nutrition support and village savings and loans scheme they have via assistance from the World Food Programme. The scheme equips people with resilience tools to avoid relapsing. 80 percent of them are women. Mariamou sells grounded cassava to neighbors.

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Sorghum?—?so good.

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Sorghum- so good The World Food Programme (WFP) is encouraging farmers to grow sorghum, a drought tolerant small grain Look at the picture on the left. In Zimbabwe, the staple food is maize. Photo: WFP/Elizabeth Van Veen Trip to the Farm Meet Ms. Look at the picture on your right. What’s the difference? Left: Sorghum.

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

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That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. That is, AI tools can do a lot of the heavy lifting. Not to mention that food waste costs retailers about $18.2