Global Issues
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Kerala Throttling its Golden Goose
- Inter Press Service
ALAPPUZHA, (India), Mar 06 (IPS) - Farming, tourism, poor fishing practices along with misdirected policies are muddying the famous backwaters of Kerala, one of India's best known holiday destinations. Nowhere is this misuse more visible than in and around the 95-km-long Vembanad Lake.
Untimely Rains Hit Cuban Tobacco Harvest
- Inter Press Service
SAN JUAN Y MARTÃNEZ, Cuba, Mar 06 (IPS) - Near the close of the harvest , local people in the Cuban municipality of San Juan y Martínez, which boasts the finest tobacco plantations in the world, are seeing their hopes of a plentiful season dashed by unexpected winter rains.
Oscar Win To Boost Kenya's Fledgling Entertainment Industry
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 05 (IPS) - Lupita Nyong'o's Oscar victory for her supporting performance in the critically acclaimed film "12 Years a Slave" has raised hopes of a much-needed boost to Kenya's fledgling entertainment industry.
Duelling U.S. Budgets Herald Showdown over Poverty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama released a 3.9-trillion-dollar budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, shaping an ideological battle over the role of government in reducing poverty that will likely define the coming election year.
Kyrgyzstan Coal Wars Stymie Critical Industry
- Inter Press Service
, Mar 04 (IPS) - Kara-Keche, a sprawling deposit containing about 430 million tonnes of coal in mountainous Naryn Province, is a key asset for Kyrgyzstan's struggling economy.
Water, Water, Everywhere: To Green our Deserts
- Inter Press Service
ST.AUGUSTINE, Florida, Mar 04 (IPS) - Providing water for our still growing human population is reaching crisis levels. Water is vital for agriculture, energy production and industrial processes worldwide. Floods and droughts in Asia, Latin America, Europe and the United States accompanied unprecedented typhoons and winter storms. While none could be linked directly to climate change, the debate surfaced. Mainstream media started covering these issues more broadly.
Crimea Faces a ‘Frozen Conflict’
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Mar 04 (IPS) - Crimea could remain under Russian control indefinitely as the current crisis - described by some politicians as Europe's gravest since the end of the Cold War – threatens to turn into a "frozen conflict", experts say.
U.S. Farmers Report Widespread GM Crop Contamination
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 03 (IPS) - A third of U.S. organic farmers have experienced problems in their fields due to the nearby use of genetically modified crops, and over half of those growers have had loads of grain rejected because of unwitting GMO contamination.
Vegetable Gardens Ease Poverty in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
, Mar 03 (IPS) - Vegetable growing is flourishing in Cuscatlán, the smallest department in the tiny country of El Salvador, with the help of a national programme to promote family agriculture and lift hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty.
OP-ED: The Care Imperative
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) - As the debate about a future global development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 gathers pace, there is broad agreement that gender equality and women's empowerment are crucial components.
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