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Reducing Emissions in the Food & Beverage Industry Requires Farmers to Make Progress

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Global food companies are increasingly promising to make progress in reducing emissions across their end-to-end value chain. In the food & beverage industry, farmers are the key suppliers. In the US, agriculture creates 11% of greenhouse gas emissions. But some companies are struggling.

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3 Ways the U.S. Government Plans to Reform the Food Supply Chain

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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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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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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. The most obvious impact was the disruption of traffic and transportation.

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Sierra Leone: How cash assistance is helping to secure peace

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World Food Programme and UNDP Peacebuilding Fund Project work together to assist communities hit by the pandemic Cash allows people to select the foods they need. In Sierra Leone, the relationship between Socfin Agricultural Company, in Sierra Leone, and landowners in Sahn Malen chiefdom hasn’t always been a cosy one.

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WFP sends medical equipment to support China’s response to COVID-19

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World Food Programme sends medical equipment to support China’s response to COVID-19 US$500,000 worth of kit to set to assist Chinese government efforts to treat patients and stem the spread of Coronavirus The first batch of WFP supplies, including 50 sets of non-invasive ventilators, reach Wuhan.

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How WFP is saving lives and livestock in Ethiopia by turning to satellites

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Ibrahim’s donkeys are his lifeline as they help him earn extra cash transporting firewood into town. They rely on incomes from subsistence farming, transporting goods on carts and collect firewood to sell or barter with. pledges to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.