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Conflict Worsens Global Food Insecurity

Enterra Insights

Secondly, it is critical for the international community to go beyond immediate stopgap measures; not only addressing the root causes of these challenges but also reexamining the agricultural and energy policies that underpin our global economy.” The consequences are always disastrous. ” • Address root causes. before the war.”

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory. Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

Food Security in a Volatile World Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Patrick Webb , the Alexander McFarlane Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, observed, “From the mid-2000s to around 2014, there was a period where we essentially didn’t have any famine in the world.

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2023 Sanctions Trends

Exiger Perspectives

2022 highlighted the importance of sanctions compliance for crypto firms, with OFAC announcing its first ever crypto enforcement action against Bitrexx for apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs against Iran, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, and the Crimea region of Ukraine.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory. 0.75% from 0.25% to 0.5%.

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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for War?

Enterra Insights

Recently, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attended military exercises in the east of the country involving China and other allies such as Syria and India. And he is pushing a new foreign policy doctrine that justifies military intervention into any Russian-speaking territory. Footnotes. [1] ” BU Today, 28 March 2022. [4]