1.  Advances in packaging and shipping have expanded the mail-order market to include much more fragile foods like ice cream.

2.  But advances in packaging and shipping have expanded the mail-order market to include much more fragile foods.

3.  Floods last year caused major damage to agriculture and infrastructure, compounding an already fragile food situation in the communist-ruled country, the WFP said.

4.  The two Rome-based agencies said Thursday that the recent floods had caused major damage to agriculture and infrastructure, compounding an already fragile food situation.