News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 16
Rainwater Harvesting Mitigates Drought in Eastern Guatemala – VIDEO
- Inter Press Service
SAN LUIS JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala, November 21 (IPS) - Plagued by drought, farming families living within the boundaries of the Dry Corridor in eastern Guatemala have resorted to rainwater harvesting, an effective technique that has allowed them to cope.
Evaluation Finds Food Systems Programs Deliver Results but Warns of Missed Transformation Chances
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, D.C & SRINAGAR, November 21 (IPS) - A new independent evaluation of the Global Environment Facility’s food systems programs says they are delivering strong environmental and livelihood gains in many countries but warns that a narrow focus on farm production, weak political analysis, and shrinking coordination budgets are holding back deeper transformation.
COP30: Urgent Financing to Transform Agrifood Systems
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, November 20 (IPS) - Climate change is no longer a future threat; it is a reality that is reshaping agrifood systems and compromising global food security. Its impacts are evident in both the quantity and quality of food, affecting agricultural yields, water availability, pest emergence, disease spread, and fundamental processes such as pollination. Even changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentration are altering crop biomass and nutritional value.
Beyond Buzzwords: COP30’s Opportunity to Deliver on Sustainable Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - The language of agricultural sustainability changes like the seasons – from “climate-smart” to “regenerative,” “agroecological,” and “nature-positive.” Each term reflects good intentions, but the growing list risks duplication, confusion and delay.
Why Food and Agriculture Should Be at the Centre of COP30 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, November 18 (IPS) - As the COP30 entered its second week in Brazil, the urgency to tackle climate change has never been greater, as is the appetite to feed a growing world population.
Kashmir’s Small Farmers Endless Wait for Climate Justice
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, November 17 (IPS) - In the fertile fields of Jammu’s R.S. Pura, rice farmer Mohd Yaseen Khan stares at a cracked irrigation canal, battered by erratic rainfall. “One day heavy rain, next week a dry spell,” he says, dusting his palms. “Our crop suffers. Our costs rise.”
Rising Heat, Rising Risk: Regional Policy Actions
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, November 17 (IPS) - The year 2024 was the hottest on record globally. In Asia and the Pacific, Bangladesh was the worst-hit country, with about 33 million people affected by lower crop yields that destabilized food systems, along with extensive school closures and many cases of heatstroke and related diseases. Children, the elderly and outdoor low-wage earners in poor and densely populated urban areas suffered the most, as they generally had less access to cooling systems or to water supplies and adequate healthcare. India, too, was badly affected, with around 700 heat-related deaths mostly in informal settlements.
Belém’s Hunger, Poverty Declaration Places World’s Most Vulnerable Populations at Centre of Global Climate Policy
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 14 (IPS) - A young woman at COP30 speaks about retracing her father’s footsteps. At only 16, her father and her grandfather were among the first families displaced by an unfolding climatic crisis of erratic weather and worsening climate conditions that goes on to date from their ancestral village in Sundarbans. Nearly 60 years later, she is on a mission to reclaim her ancestral lands.
As COP30 Takes Place, Can Africa Draw Lessons from Brazil on How It Develops Its Livestock Sector?
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 14 (IPS) - As the world gathers in Brazil for the UN climate talks, the country’s livestock sector – one of the largest in the world – is understandably in the spotlight.
Displaced Farmers in Southern Lebanon Still Denied Access to Land
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, November 10 (IPS) - Food security and livelihoods in southern Lebanon are under severe threat as the repercussions of Israeli bombing continue to be felt across the region, a report released today (NOV 10) has warned.
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