News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 893
BIODIVERSITY: Japan Cooks Up New Ideas as Fish Consumption Depletes Stocks
- Inter Press Service
A processed fish cake, made of a mixture of deep sea fish species pounded into paste and sold either deep fried or frozen, is the brain child of Takuhira Kaneko, head of Act for Company, which trades in fish and located in western Fukuoka city in Japan.
Cuban Union Calls for 'Unity' in Face of Job Reduction
- Inter Press Service
The elimination of half a million public sector jobs, starting immediately and lasting through the first quarter of 2011, is one of the most complex and sensitive aspects of the reforms announced by Cuban President Raúl Castro.
U.S. Still Top Arms Supplier to South as Record Sale to Saudis Pends
- Inter Press Service
Despite an unusual dip in global weapons sales in 2009, the United States retained its spot as the world's top arms supplier of developing countries, according to an authoritative new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
Irrigation Transforms Lives in Southern Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
More than a million people will need food aid in Zimbabwe this year. As the government looks to boost agriculture production, one rural community is leading the way by using irrigation schemes to improve food security and income.
CARIBBEAN: EPA Not so Momentous After All, Study Says
- Inter Press Service
Almost two years after the controversial and sweeping trade pact known as an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was signed between the European Union and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries, a new study says the impact of the EPA has proved to be, as its proponents claimed, relatively mild.
ZIMBABWE: Big Market, Bigger Challenges for Matabeleland Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Most fruits and vegetables sold in Bulawayo are imported from South Africa, because farms immediately around Zimbabwe's second city cannot meet demand. Locals are paying high prices as a result.
Women, Children Top U.N.'s Anti-Poverty Agenda
- Inter Press Service
All eight of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are critical to development, but numbers four and five on child and maternal health are the real priority areas for this year. That was the main takeaway from a series of briefings with U.N., NGO and country officials in which IPS participated this week.
INDIA: Cereals Rot in the Rain While the Poor Stay Hungry
- Inter Press Service
When India's Supreme Court reacted to the news that thousands of tonnes of grain were rotting in the rain due to lack of granary space and ordered the government to distribute the surplus free of cost to the hungry, it seemed like the logical thing to do.
CAMBODIA: Gov't Heats Up Anti-Smoking Campaign
- Inter Press Service
For anti-smoking advocate Mom Kong, the ubiquitous flashy cigarette advertisements he sees throughout Cambodia’s capital city are a major barrier to reducing smoking.
Local Decisions Have Big Impact on Ecosystems
- Inter Press Service
What do New York City, Vienna, Quito and Rio de Janeiro have in common? They all get their high quality drinking water through aqueducts connected to protected areas in nearby hills and mountains.
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