News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 37
The World Bank Must Double Its Fund for the Poorest Nations like Mine to Tackle Hunger Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Malawi, Jun 21 (IPS) - After El Niño-induced floods and devastating drought, roughly two in five people in Malawi – a country of some 20 million people – are now facing the looming prospect of acute hunger by the end of the year.
Unveiling the Dark Matter of Food, Diets and Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
Jun 20 (IPS) - This year, bee pollen has become a trendy superfood thanks to a wide range of potential benefits. Last year, sea moss led the superfood trends. Before that, it was turmeric.
Transforming African Food Systems from the Ground Up
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, South Africa, Jun 18 (IPS) - All news is local, they say. The same is true of innovations—those many new technologies, policies, and practices that steadily stream from research to enhance our lives.
Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 17 (IPS) - Since 2008, farmland acquisitions have doubled prices worldwide, squeezing family farmers and other poor rural communities. Such land grabs are worsening inequality, poverty, and food insecurity.
A River’s Contrasts and Inequalities in the Arid Lands of Brazil
- Inter Press Service
JUAZEIRO, Brazil, Jun 12 (IPS) - Osmir da Silva Rubez refuses to join the drip system, and is the only one among the 51 families living in the Mandacaru Public Irrigation Project in Juazeiro, a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the Northeast region of Brazil, to maintain the furrows that carry water to their crops.
Climate Change, Pollution Push Karnaphuli Fishers Out of the Profession
- Inter Press Service
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh,, Jun 10 (IPS) - Jishuram Das, a sexagenarian who was born in Jelepara, located in Chattogram, has been catching fish from the Karnaphuli River since his childhood. But nowadays, he often sits idle without going to catch fish, as their catches have drastically fallen.
Explainer: What You Need to Know About Climate Change and Blue Carbon
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 08 (IPS) - The area where land meets the sea, known as coastal ecosystems, could be the key to reducing the effects of climate change.
Blue Economy Must Benefit Fishing Communities in Global South, Says WorldFish Chief
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jun 07 (IPS) - The Global South is crucial for ensuring aquatic food security to feed the growing world population. It is imperative that blue economy initiatives benefit fishing communities in developing and small island nations, which are facing disproportionate impacts of climate change, says Dr Essam Yassin Mohammed, Director General of WorldFish, an international non-profit research organization based in Penang, Malaysia.
Quiet Revolution Underway as IFADs Innovative Solutions Rise to Global Rural Challenges
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI & ROME, Jun 06 (IPS) - Technology and innovation are at the center of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s strategy to fulfill its global mission to eradicate poverty and hunger in the developing world, IFAD’s President Alvaro Lario told IPS in an exclusive interview.
Bringing Drought and Floods, El Niño Hits the Most Fragile in Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 04 (IPS) - Kaponde Likando does not know how his family will survive until the next farming season. “We are not going to have anything (to harvest),” said the 60-year-old from Chingobe village in southern Zambia after his maize, sorghum, groundnut and sweet potato crops failed. “This has been the very opposite of what we expected.”
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