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

World Food Programme Logistics

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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Inequity in the agri-food chain and waste of food

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The article entitled “Inequity in the agri-food chain and waste of food” analyzes the topic of food waste using the case specific to fruit production in the Spanish city of Lleida, arguing that this does not depend on the level of modernization of its chain logistics in terms of technology, but it is a problem of power within it.

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Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

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Her supply chain experience includes specialist roles at AMR Research, Clorox, Gartner Group, Kraft, and Procter & Gamble. I think most supply chain professionals don’t understand financial balance sheets and most finance people don’t speak the language of supply chain so in my own way, I was trying to make that easier for both groups.

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‘HIV is no longer a death sentence for us’

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The 41-year-old belongs to a group of people living with HIV in Cameroon’s Adamawa region. There are eight such groups in the town of Meiganga, each with 25 members?—?80 What unites group members along with their HIV status, he adds, is social and economic empowerment they receive?—?WFP 80 percent of them are women.

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No end to world hunger without an end to conflict?—? WFP warns

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WFP warns Make food a tool for peace instead, urges Executive Director Marking International Day of Peace today, the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Executive Director David Beasley is adamant: “There’s no two ways about it?—?we A weapon of war or a tool for peace? Lack of food due to conflict is a well-established fact.

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Boosting the livelihoods of women in rural communities

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Women take the lead in boosting livelihoods in rural Sierra Leone How cash transfers are powering women’s efforts to improve food security and livelihoods in Sierra Leone Women harvesting their crop at a rice field in Helebu, Pujehun district of Sierra Leone. especially women? “We

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A desert turned oasis

World Food Programme Logistics

Surveys had shown that the land in Kalobeyei was fertile and with a well-thought out plan, rainwater harvesting was feasible and could support agricultural activities. Kalobeyei settlement was established to demonstrate that refugees, given the right tools, can eventually make a living with reduced external assistance. Not in Turkana.”