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World Food Day 2023

Enterra Insights

Every year World Food Day is celebrated worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the 1945 founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). They promote worldwide awareness of hunger and promote action for the future of food, people and the planet. Water is food. Leave no one behind.”

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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. For me, there is no time like the present. Why are the rules not clear?

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Planning Seasonal Food Production in Uncertain Times

DELMIA Quintiq

In any regular year, manufacturers of seasonal foods such as ice cream, beer and BBQ meat have to deal with uncertainty because consumption of their products are highly dependent on food trends and the weather. But how do you plan for the future while facing the uncertainties of the present? That’ll be too late.

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The Green Corridor: Food for Thought

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Green Corridor: Food for Thought Origin Transparency and Revolutionary Substitution for Supply Chains in a Fragmented yet Increasingly Digital World by Timothy Foote, Founder of Susymbio In our LogiSYM Magazine, there are many articles and adverts which help to provide transparency on the flow of goods from supplier and to the final customer.

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The Critical Intersection of Humanitarian Logistics and Food Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The devastating consequences of the pandemic, combined with the current geopolitical uncertainties and natural calamities, have highlighted the unprecedented economic and accessibility repercussions for both food-importing and exporting nations. In the UAE, there have been multiple initiatives taken to strengthen food security.

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Conflict Worsens Global Food Insecurity

Enterra Insights

“It can displace farmers and destroy agricultural assets and food stocks. In this vicious circle, conflict and lack of food break down the very fabric of society, and all too often lead to violence.”[1] I was recently struck by arguments presented by Arif Husain ( @WFPChiefEcon ), Chief Economist at the U.N.

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Chipotle’s Food Safety Woes Present a Unique Supply Chain Problem

Kinaxis

As you might have read over the past few weeks, one of the leading companies of the fast-casual food revolution is in turmoil following an emergence of food safety issues. As a Bloomberg article about the restaurant’s food safety issues recently put it, “Chipotle’s greatest strength has become its greatest weakness.”.

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