Additional Resources | Logistics Risk in Agriculture
Documents:
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Presentations
- Logistics, post-harvest and collective marketing (2011, FAO & SACAU Regional Workshop for Farmer Organizatios in Southern Africa)
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Fresh Logistics: New Opportunities with an Integral Approach (2006, Toine Timmermans)
Additional Resources & Recommended Websites
- CargoHandbook.com | This website provides information on over 750 commodities with emphasis on those characteristics which may be relevant during overseas transportation.
- Decoding Sustainable Logistics Trends - Viewpoints from leading practitioners | Presentations from this June 2012 World Bank hosted event.
- World Bank Logistics Performance Index | Based on a worldwide survey of operators on the ground -- such as global freight forwarders and express carriers -- the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) measures the logistics "friendliness" of 155 countries. It helps countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their trade logistics performance and what they can do to improve.
Related Video:
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The Economist Corporate Network (October 2012) | Ross O'Brien, Director of the Economist Corporate Network in Hong Kong spoke to Johann Poppenbeck, VP Product Management at DSI on the evolving role of data and technology management strategies in the logistics and supply chain industry. Watch Now |
Global Student Forum 2012 (June 2012) | Who's benefiting - and who is losing out - in the global supply chains that put food on our supermarket shelves and ultimately on our plates? How do these supply chains impact upon poverty and hunger? What is the role of supermarkets and consumers... Watch Now |
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FAO (June 2012) | A Food and Agriculture Organization project is working to reduce food losses in the Republic of the Gambia, where two years of crop failures and soaring food prices have left more than half the country's population without enough food. |
FarmingFirst (April 2011) | Peter Erik Ywema is the General Manager of the Sustainable Agricultural Initiative Platform, which includes 25 food company members such as Unilever, Danone and Nestle. The SAI Platform allows company representatives to discuss their supply chain issues in a pre-competitive context. Watch Now |
