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Sidestepping Hunger & Boosting Food Security
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 29 (IPS) - Until Russia went to war on Ukraine in February, Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket of Europe”. One of the largest grain exporters in the world, it provided about 10 per cent of globally traded wheat and corn and 37 per cent of sunflower oil, United Nations figures show. The yellow and blue of its flag mimic its rolling golden fields under blue summer skies.
Zimbabwe's Unsung Living HIV/AIDS Hero Spreads Message of Hope
- Inter Press Service
CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe, Jul 29 (IPS) - In 2001, when Reki Jimu was 30 years old, his wife died aged 27.
The World Was Already Broken. Will Ukrainian Cereals Fix It?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jul 28 (IPS) - A wide majority, including the United States, has cheered the 22 July Turkey-brooked agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resumen cereals and fertilisers exports from both countries.
Canada Lags in Providing for Children, Especially Marginalized Kids
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Jul 28 (IPS) - Canada and its major cities consistently appear in Top 10 lists of best places in the world to live. But delve into figures about children’s lives in the northern nation known for ice hockey heroics and you see a different picture.
Historic WTO Deal Could Threaten Subsidies, Lifeline for Jamaican Fishers
- Inter Press Service
Kingston, Jul 28 (IPS) - In the 21 years it took the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to agree on a historic deal on fishing subsidies, the lives of fisherfolk in Rocky Point, Clarendon, have seen many ups and downs.
Not a World for Young People
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jul 28 (IPS) - Many of us assume that an identification with a certain gender, race, nation or even age makes us particularly knowledgeable. When it comes to age, it is in most cultures of the world assumed that age and experience favour wisdom. I am not entirely sure about that, though I am convinced that as we grow older we tend to overestimate our own knowledge and importance. An arrogance that might burden and even marginalize the youth.
Surviving the Food Crisis in North-east Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nigeria, Jul 28 (IPS) - Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity means not knowing when or where your next meal will come from.
Fear Returns to Argentina, Once Again on the Brink
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 27 (IPS) - Darío is a locksmith in Flores, a traditional middle-class neighborhood in the Argentine capital, who will have to stop working in the next few days. "Suppliers have suspended the delivery of locks, due to a lack of merchandise or because of prices," he laments. His case is an illustration of an economy gone mad in a country that once again finds itself on the brink of the abyss.
VIDEO: Brazilian Metropolis Struggles for - and Against - Water
- Inter Press Service
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, Jul 27 (IPS) - Torrential water in the streets and none coming out of the taps are two disasters that plague Brazil's metropolises, especially those located along the upper stretches of rivers, such as Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
Mexico’s Blue Carbon Pioneers Push on Despite Lack of State Support
- Inter Press Service
SINANCHÉ, Mexico, Jul 27 (IPS) - When hurricanes Opal and Roxanne both hit the Mexican state of Yucatán in a ten-day period in 1995, they destroyed much of the mangrove forest in the small coastal community of San Crisanto. The local people responded by replanting mangroves and clearing channels among the trees to allow water to flow freely. They committed to protect the ecosystem.
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