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“Thank you for being a great mother and father to your children.”

World Food Programme Logistics

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. They surveyed and validated the farmers in our community. They visited our house and our farmland.

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COVID-19: WFP helps communities create potentially life-saving equipment while boosting incomes

World Food Programme Logistics

Coronavirus: WFP helps communities create potentially life-saving equipment while boosting incomes WFP project in Guinea sees activities that protect health and overall food security This tailor in Kokota received sewing machines and cash transfers for the production of face masks.

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The Cold Chain is a Top Opportunity for Third-Party Logistics Providers

Logistics Viewpoints

If you have foods or medicines that are shipped or stored outside of specified temperature parameters, the safety of consumers can be put at risk. The 26 th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study – sponsored by NTT Data, Penske, and Penn State – was released a week ago. This is a report I read every year. In response, the U.S.

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Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

Logistics Bureau

According to a study by The Insight Partners , the global 4PL market was valued in terms of revenue at $56,472.1 The study cautions that lockdowns and quarantines associated with the Coronavirus are expected to affect the revenues of the global 4PL market players in the short term. Agriculture. million USD in 2019. Technology.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Department of Agriculture will spend $450 million to expand the production and availability of transportation fuels that are blended with higher volumes of biofuels, the agency said on Monday. As such, electric and alternative energy vehicles are in-demand green solutions, the study found. They were trailed by construction (4.7

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Digitalisation: quicker off the blocks

Automotive Logistics

According to a recent survey on challenges in the maritime shipping industry which was jointly conducted by technology firm Navis LLC and Business Performance Innovation Network, 82% of the 200 shippers, intermediaries, carriers, operators, and handlers which were surveyed agreed that supply chain visibility needs to improve.