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“This workshop came along at the right time”

World Food Programme Logistics

After Madagascar, Mozambique, Colombia, Bolivia, Ethiopia and Haiti, this is the first regional workshop for Central America and the Caribbean, and a much-anticipated opportunity for many of the participants. This workshop came along at the right time,” says Mey Riveiro, a participant who works for the Ministry of Agriculture in Honduras. “In

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Philippines: From fighters to forest rangers and farmers

World Food Programme Logistics

The agreement was forged between WFP, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), the Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG), and the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA).

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IMO and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sign new partnerships

Shipping and Freight Resource

The foundation Project will undertake regional and global consultation workshops to design the key elements and framework of the global programme. The funding will go towards holding an awareness-raising workshop on ships’ biofouling for women in Arab States. Raising awareness of biofouling for women in Arab States.

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Low cost, high impact?—?World Food Programme (WFP) pioneer recounts his work in Mongolia, a new…

World Food Programme Logistics

I’ve been with WFP on and off since 2009 when I joined as a Food Security Analysis Intern in The Gambia. This has an indirect but very real effect on food security and nutrition in the country, and the recurrent nature of the Dzud means vulnerability is chronic among many pastoralist communities. Two boys I met on a field visit.

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Dachser Expands Partnership with Children’s Charity

Logistics Business Magazine

And more than 4,000 young people have taken part in environmental protection workshops and planted almost 50,000 trees as part of reforestation campaigns. On the western edge of Nepal, the Bajura district is suffering increasingly from drought and food shortages; the people scrape by the best they can on subsistence agriculture.

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Announcing Founders Camp

Tradewinds

Founders Camp is a four day program focused on helping founders build their business through operator-led workshops and drive meaningful traction through introductions to a variety of corporations. For this cycle, we are also very interested in five thematic areas. Our programming will address the needs of the founders invited to attend.

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Welcome Chick-fil-A to Founders Camp

Tradewinds

One of the key themes for solution finding at Dynamo is food supply chains and distribution. The brand is widely known for its “best in class” customer service and it is applying that fundamental service expectation to its tests of meal kits, meal delivery and locally sourced foods.