Global Issues
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When Land Restoration Works Hand in Hand with Poverty Eradication
- Inter Press Service
SANGAREDDY, India, Aug 25 (IPS) - Tugging at the root of a thorny shrub known as ‘juliflora', which now dots the village of Chirmiyala in the Medak District of southern India's Telangana state, a 28-year-old farmer named Ailamma Arutta tells IPS, "This is a curse that destroyed my land."
Innovation Offers Hope in Sri Lanka’s Poverty-Stricken North
- Inter Press Service
ODDUSUDDAN, Sri Lanka, Aug 24 (IPS) - In this dust bowl of a village deep inside Sri Lanka's former conflict zone, locals will sometimes ask visitors to rub their palms on the ground and watch their skin immediately take on a dark bronze hue, proof of the fertility of the soil.
Cuba Sees Its Future in Mariel Port, Hand in Hand with Brazil
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 22 (IPS) - The Mariel special economic development zone, the biggest construction project undertaken in decades in Cuba, emerged thanks to financial support from Brazil, which was based on political goodwill, a strategy of integration, and business vision.
Dumping Ban Urged for Australia's Iconic Reef
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Aug 21 (IPS) - Increased effort is needed to protect Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, which is in serious decline and will likely deteriorate further in the future, according to a new report.
Organic Farming Taking Off in Poland … Slowly
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Aug 21 (IPS) - Polish farmer Slawek Dobrodziej has probably the world's strangest triathlon training regime: he swims across the lake at the back of his house, then runs across his some 11 hectares of land to check the state of the crops, and at the end of the day bikes close to 40 kilometres to and back from a nearby town for some shopping.
Zambia’s Cash Transfer Schemes Cushion Needy Against Climate Shocks
- Inter Press Service
PEMBA DISTRICT, Zambia, Aug 21 (IPS) - "Last season, I lost an entire hectare of groundnuts because of a prolonged drought. Groundnuts are my hope for income," says Josephine Chaaba, 60, from Pemba district in southern Zambia.
Caregiving Exacerbates the Burden for Women in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 20 (IPS) - Hortensia Ramírez feels like she needs more hands to care for her 78-year-old mother, who suffers from arteriosclerosis, do the housework, and make homemade baked goods which she sells to support her family.
Karachi Residents Trapped Between Armed Assassins and Private Bodyguards
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Aug 20 (IPS) - With a rise in sectarian killings, extortion, drug peddling, kidnappings and land grabbing, Pakistan's sprawling port city of Karachi, home to some 20 million people, has become a hotbed of crime.
In Saving a Forest, Kenyans Find a Better Quality of Life
- Inter Press Service
KASIGAU, Kenya, Aug 20 (IPS) - When Mercy Ngaruiya first settled in Kasigau in south eastern Kenya a decade ago, she found a depleted forest that was the result of years of tree felling and bush clearing.
India: Home to One in Three Child Brides
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (IPS) - Basanti Rani*, a 33-year-old farmers' wife from the northern Indian state of Haryana, recently withdrew her 15-year-old daughter Paru from school in order to marry her off to a 40-year-old man.
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