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A few months of assistance = a lifelong income

World Food Programme Logistics

She was struck by the product’s information tag: it was imported from Samarkans in neighbouring Uzbekistan. “I I looked at the tag and realized something was wrong,” said Jiidegul. “It It is mainly a small business for rural communities and they do not produce enough for the market’s demand.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

Until now, drone delivery trials have been limited to small towns and rural areas, which are less congested. As a first of its kind agreement in the US, FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations.