News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 848
Uganda, Tanzania Need Gender Sensitive Climate Change Policies
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Nov 26 (IPS) - Climate Change needs to be at the top of the country's agenda, according to a project examining Uganda's policies. It says the country hasn't paid enough attention to climate change in national development and agriculture plans and this needs to be turned around before it's too late.
Drought Threatens Water-Truck Lifeline in Parched Northeast Brazil
- Inter Press Service
São José Dos Campos, Brazil, Nov 26 (IPS) - For the rural community of Pacheco in northeastern Brazil, the local school has never been so important. It is now the only place in the drought-stricken area that has water on tap.
Did Argentina’s Elections Mark Start of Shift to the Right in South America?
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 24 (IPS) - Different degrees of economic problems are a common denominator in South American countries where governments that identify as leftist may start to fall, in a shift that began in Argentina and could continue among its neighbours to the north.
Not Yet Curtains for BRICs
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (IPS) - With Goldman Sachs folding up its haemorrhaging BRIC fund, is it curtains for the acronym that defined the investment bankers' fancy for emerging markets? It certainly appears so after China's stock market crash and a fast slowing economy triggered fears that the dragon will set off the next global recession.
Searching for Nutrition in South Africa’s Food Maze
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Nov 24 (IPS) - Every Tuesday, there is something unusually exciting at no 7 Cwango Crescent, The Business Place, in Philippi, near Cape Town. Here, dozens of chemically free green vegetable crate loads are visible. So are the unlabelled rows of empty packets. It's the packing day.
Analysis: Are Young People the Answer to Africa's Food Security?
- Inter Press Service
Lusaka, Zambia, Nov 24 (IPS) - Are you young, energetic, creative, ambitious and need a job? Africa's agriculture sector needs you!
Cubans Seeking the American Dream, Stranded in Costa Rica
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSÉ, Nov 23 (IPS) - Thousands of Cubans heading for the United States have been stranded at the Costa Rican-Nicaraguan border since mid-November, waiting for the authorities in Managua to authorise their passage north.
OPINION: Keep Family Farms in Business with Youth Agripreneurs
- Inter Press Service
IBADAN, Nigeria, Nov 23 (IPS) - Finding a way to allow youth to contribute their natural and ample energies to productive causes is increasingly the touchstone issue that will determine future prosperity.
Aflatoxins: Poisoning Health and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Nov 20 (IPS) - Aflatoxin contamination is a growing threat to trade, food and health security in sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farmers are challenged by food production and now climate change, researchers said.
Private Nature Reserves in Latin America Seek a Bigger Role
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA LEONA, Costa Rica, Nov 20 (IPS) - Private voluntary nature reserves in Latin America should be seen as allies in policies on the environment, climate change mitigation and the preservation of biological diversity in rainforests, say experts.
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