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World Food Programme staff respond to coronavirus in Lebanon

World Food Programme Logistics

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. Fatima Mouzahem and Rona Haddad?—?WFP

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Greener Farm to Fork Journey

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5G-technologies could deliver significant carbon savings across food and drink manufacturing from farm to fork, according to new economic modelling. The new modelling reveals that 5G technologies could save the food and drink supply chain 37 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions between 2024 and 2035. . •

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Communications key staffing and supply chain issues

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In his presentation, Mike Glennon, joint managing director of Ireland and UK timber processing firm Glennon Brothers, said the country needed to ensure that afforestation was made “easy, understandable and administratively manageable” to enable it to meet its EU carbon reduction targets.

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Flying to the Rescue

World Food Programme Logistics

It is good news for rain-fed agriculture but a nightmare for most of the aid organisations that have to bring essential services to people made vulnerable by conflict in the country. healthcare, nutrition, food, shelter?—?presents Reaching these people with humanitarian assistance?—?healthcare, Well, if you can’t drive…why not fly?

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Coronavirus and hunger: WFP ready to assist largest number of people ever

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Latin America at centre of concerns as invisible enemy hits countries beset by climate change and conflict Colombia: WFP and World Vision provide 5,000 food baskets to Colombians and migrants in Soacha, near Bogotá. billion in funding in order to reach up to 138 million people with food assistance by the end of the year?—?this

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Comment: How Pakistan’s 2010 floods inform WFP’s disaster response

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World Food Programme Representative and Country Director Chris Kaye on the lessons learned Dadu district, Sindh: WFP provided more than 87,000 metric tons of food to 7 million flood-affected people in October 2010. A WFP-operated UN helicopter assesses fields in the Punjab region after the worst flooding in more than 80 years.

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WFP and Cargill team up with these 8 Innovators to #disrupthunger

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Teams were selected for their expertise in the areas of nutrition, food processing and digital solutions for smallholder farmers, among others. In addition, each team will have the opportunity to present their solution to an audience of WFP leadership, government donors and potential investors at a pitch night on Thursday, 16 May.