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OCTOBER 16, 2019

The farmers fighting food loss in Uganda Training in handling harvests to reduce spoiling is ushering subsistence farming towards agribusiness Members of the Akumuklire Outgrowers’ Society in Pakanyi outside their community warehouse. farmers there face the daily challenge of firefighting food loss.

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JANUARY 21, 2019

Growing food anywhere WFP tries out Hydroponics in Kakuma camps Maru Turich Ador, one of the youth participating in the WFP hydroponics trial in Kakuma inspects spinach growing on a net-tube. We usually just eat the food given to us like sorghum and peas?—?and and with the Bamba Chakula cash, we get mainly beans and wheat flour.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Nigerian chefs tell why they cook, and how they use foods and vegetables from Nigeria to make healthy and nutritious meals ‘A man who calls his kinsmen to feast does not do so to save them from starving…We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.’?—?Chinua Proverbs that reference food to describe facets of life?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Delivering climate services trainings in Mangochi, Chikwawa, Balantyre Authors: Ilenia Babetto, Katiuscia Fara and Dominic Nyirongo A farmer being trained on how to use climate information for making better cropping decisions. A farmer drawing a resource allocation map during the PICSA field practice.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

However, there are still many people working as subsistence farmers, relying on rain-fed agriculture to provide for their families. Every year, our crops are completely destroyed by rains and we barely have enough food for the year,” says Nu Hai Marma, an elderly woman.

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JUNE 23, 2020

Photo: WFP/Prisca Owato By Liam Brown Around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is making it harder to get groceries and shop for fresh food. Hydroponics is a method for growing plants using no soil and dramatically less water than traditional agriculture?—?up up to 90 percent.

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MARCH 5, 2020

In Tanzania, where the World Food Programme (WFP) assisted 28,500 smallholder farmers last year, women account for more than half of the people WFP serves in its bid to develop a better future for people at risk of going hungry. We learned how to better prepare and maintain our farms and how to manage our harvests to reduce losses.

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JULY 21, 2020

World Food Programme trains cooperatives to make a nutritious energy bar?—?which million people, where the World Food Programme (WFP) assists more nearly 73,000. million people, where the World Food Programme (WFP) assists more nearly 73,000. This is how I survive when times are hard,” she says.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Stop food waste, start making profit Breaking the cycle of hunger through post-harvest skills Rufina winnows maize at Gwiritse Cooperative warehouse. Imagine what one farmer could do if all that food was not wasted?—?and and now imagine what this would mean if this happened with millions of food-insecure farmers.

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JULY 8, 2020

Reforesting in Lebanon: Improving food security seed by seed A World Food Programme forest management project is boosting livelihoods, preserving Lebanon’s greenery and putting food on the table Ahmad Sinjer is expanding his family’s agri-business after learning how to extract seeds on his own. one of WFP’s core goals.

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APRIL 17, 2020

It’s also the same number of people reached in 2019 by innovations scaling up with the support of the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator. We broke it down into eight numbers showing how WFP is innovating to disrupt hunger. EMPACT students participate in a digital skills training session in Karkuma, Kenya.

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MARCH 2, 2020

And it’s the poorest people there who suffer most, especially during the ‘lean’ season when food stocks run low and families have no source of income until the next harvest. Photo: WFP/Muhammad Salah Sudan is one of many countries across Africa facing food insecurity despite having an agriculture-based economy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

How they did it? Despite the best climatic conditions for agriculture in their area, Peter and his colleagues had given-up on commercial farming due to poor road networks, low crop yields and lack of market to sell their produce. They were also trained in good agricultural methods to increase crop yields.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Photo: WFP/JohnPaul Sesonga Story by Daniel Kibsgaard For COTU, a cooperative consisting of 300 smallholder farmers in Ruhango District in Rwanda, maize is their primary source of income grown during the country’s main agriculture Season A. Farmers learned how to combine fertilizer and organic manure during FtMA supported training.

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MARCH 6, 2020

The sessions taught them how to diversify their diets using locally sourced foods. Several times on my way back home from work I would buy nutritious food items for the family,” says Rashid. Amos Kalebi is a community member with experience and interest in agriculture and animal keeping.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Marie Ngalima started as a pastry cook nine months ago after the training provided to women through the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) resilience project launched in Kabalo in 2017. Marie putting the final touch on her morning bread production. she laughs.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

The World Food Programme is implementing an array of measures to face up to the region’s challenges As world leaders gather in Madrid for the 25th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25), Salvadoran farmer José Cirilo Mendoza looks worriedly at the sky?—?five which could help them generate incomes and achieve food security. leading to 1.4

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JULY 31, 2019

Sorghum- so good The World Food Programme (WFP) is encouraging farmers to grow sorghum, a drought tolerant small grain Look at the picture on the left. In Zimbabwe, the staple food is maize. Look at the picture on your right. Would you believe they were taken in the same village on the same day? What’s the difference? Left: Sorghum.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Nutritious to the core, beans, lentils and co are a key part of WFP food assistance?—?and one of the 51 countries from which the World Food Programme (WFP) procured 324,168 metric tons of pulses, worth US$ 187 million, last year. WFP provides seeds, new knowledge in agricultural practices , and a market for the produce.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Preventing chronic malnutrition through nutritional education in Burundi Learning how to set up a kitchen garden is part of nutrition education sessions held in communities in Gitega province. Can you see how healthy they are? Like 90% of the Burundian population, Marie Joselyne and her family depend on agriculture for their survival.

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JUNE 26, 2020

How one woman found refuge and opportunities in a country of conflict Etabe Ansett prepares food at her restaurant. With SAMS, farmers like Etabe, receive training on post-harvest handling of cereals, effective agricultural methods to increase crop yields, and environmental management. And she is not looking back. “I

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The other two are antiretroviral treatment (ART) and, perhaps less obviously, the nutritious food and support he receives from the World Food Programme (WFP). People also need to eat the right kind of food. Ensuring people living with HIV have enough of the right type of food throughout childhood?—?including

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Meet Ali’s cash cow, Sabah The Bekaa Valley is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon where many people own cows. But, as one man explains, not everyone knows how to make the most of their bovine family. Once semester one was complete, additional theoretical courses were available on how to package and market dairy produce.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Taleb’s plan for agricultural production could barely have been more challenging. Even if families like Taleb’s had enjoyed the right conditions to grow food or fodder, they wouldn’t have known how to do it. “We We are originally nomads, we did not have an agricultural background or the means to survive?—?the

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Photos: WFP/Claudia Altorio I have come to the settlement to visit the livelihood activities supported by the World Food Programme (WFP). Back in 2017, local government and UN agencies scrambled to provide food, temporary shelter and medical services to some 36,000 people who arrived in Lunda Norte Province on foot?—?

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

While wowing the community with all her colourful fabrics and intricate designs, the products had few takers, leaving her unable to put nutritious foods on the table. Now at 14 months, Yalumbwe receives his own ration of specialized nutritious food. For this reason the Boresha Lishe project also offers education in agriculture.

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APRIL 29, 2019

Her friends linked her to WFP’s community garden project in the province that is operated by the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) and the Department of Women Affairs (DoWA), and implemented by the NGO Shelter For Life. Now I learned technical skills about how to plant, how to make plots and many other things.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

World Food Programme steps up resilience building in Zimbabwe as country stands on the brink of a major food crisis “People are marching towards starvation if we are not here to help them,” said the World Food Programme’s (WFP) Executive Director, David Beasley, after concluding a recent trip to Zimbabwe. “We

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MARCH 26, 2020

‘This was lifesaving as most of us had lost our entire crop and had nothing to eat at home’ For 15 years, the Dutch Postcode Lottery has donated flexible funds to support the World Food Programme (WFP) where needs are greatest. Gladys, the village chief of Mateyu, stands on the flood defences that her village built. The project helped 2.7

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JULY 4, 2019

Our office is going to buy four drones, and I will go back and show other staff how to use them,” he explains, while waiting for his turn to practice flying the drone obstacle course. Flight practice during Let’s Fly at regional training in El Salvador. We have a budget for drones and software, but no one knew how to operate them.

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JULY 22, 2019

Photo: WFP/Edward Johnson For three days a week over two months, the women attend the blended theoretical and practical haberdashery classes in MAPS’ training centre in the Bekaa Valley. Germany is the World Food Programme’s (WFP) sole supporter of livelihood projects in Lebanon and has funded over 350 projects since 2017.

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Conger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How to Palletize a Shipment. Pallets are easier to stack in trucks, ships, trains, and planes, and shippers have fewer items to track during shipment. They’re used in many industries such as food processing, agriculture, electronics, warehousing, retail, commercial and pharmaceutical. How to Palletize a Shipment.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How many hours will the forklift machine be in use per day? Do you have properly trained operators as per OSHA requirements? Determining how to procure that equipment, however, shouldn’t be difficult. You should know how to read the battery model number because it will show you the battery size and voltage.

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MAY 22, 2020

WFP and Government are working to train mothers in agriculture as poor diets put the lives of 56,000 children at risk Empowered to grow: Dorica with homegrown, vitamin-A rich, sweet potatoes. million children under-5 could die over the next six months if health care and food markets are disrupted. Eventually, he fell sick.

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JULY 11, 2019

A partnership between WFP and ACTED has helped more than 10,000 people to improve their food security and withstand weather extremes. Employment in agriculture dominates the labour market, encompassing 44 percent of all jobs. WFP provided food and cash to 2.7 to organize skills trainings. or “self-help” groups?—?to

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APRIL 18, 2019

How sustainable agriculture courses in the Bekaa Valley are boosting livelihoods and benefiting entire communities Nestled amid green fields in the centre of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley is a seemingly unremarkable farm. In fact, there’s a bumper crop of farmers graduating from the sustainable agriculture courses being run on this farm.

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MAY 4, 2023

Training Required Forklifts require training and certification to operate, which is an added expense and inconvenience. Training, certification, and licensing are OSHA requirements for operating any kind of forklift. Here’s a guide on how to get your forklift licensing.

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