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Food Factor Podcast

  The latest topics in hunger and development with the aid experts at WFP.

 

 

 

Early Warning Tool Helps Aid Workers Stay On Top Of Emergencies

In the emergency response business, time and information are king. Any tool that give aid workers more time to make decisions and more accurate information to base them will save lives. In this episode, WFP Deputy Chief of Emergency Preparedness and Response Etienne Labande talks about a new software package called the “Early Warning Tool” which does exactly that.

 
 

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What Does It Take To Fly In Iraq?

In this episode, Philippe Martou, joins us from Baghdad where he is the Head of the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Iraq. Martou talks about the challenges involved with setting up and running this operation, and also gives us a glimpse into what it’s like to live and work for WFP in Baghdad.

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An Update From Flood-Hit Cambodia

Jean-Pierre Demargerie, WFP Country Director in Cambodia, discusses the emergency operation to feed some 150,000 people hit by the worst bout of flooding the southeast Asian nation has seen in over a decade. According to Demargerie, reaching people in the flood zone has required some creative solutions, such as a "floating food distribution" carried out entirely on boats.

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What Big Companies Bring To The Fight Against Hunger

Former CEO of TNT, Peter Bakker, explains why the Dutch logistics giant has thrown its weight behind the fight against hunger. Bakker explains what big companies bring to the table and why a commitment to solving the world’s problems has become an essential part of doing business.

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The View From Mogadishu

In this episode, WFP Public Information Officer David Orr joins us from Mogadishu where thousands of people are arriving from famine-plagued southern Somalia. Orr talks about the challenges faced by aid workers as they struggle to assist mounting numbers of hungry in a city gripped by years of conflict.

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