News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 48
New Challenges in Agriculture in the Face of the El Nihenomenon
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Sep 01 (IPS) - The climatic phenomenon known as "El Niño" is intensifying its presence worldwide. Projections are not favorable for the countries of the Latin America region. Below-normal rainfall is expected in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, northern Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, inland Peru, Guyana, and Suriname.
Mushroom Workers Want a Union
- Inter Press Service
SEATTLE, USA, Aug 31 (IPS) - The Yakima River runs southeast from the Cascade Mountains through central Washington state to merge with the Columbia a little north of Oregon. From the small city of Yakima on down, its course broadens from a winding canyon into a wide valley bounded by austere low ridges of gray-green sagebrush and tawny grasses. In mid-April, the new leaves of the willows and cottonwoods light up the riverbanks with luminous chartreuse.
From Challenges to Solutions: Unleashing Africa's Potential for Achieving SDGs
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug 30 (IPS) - September 2023 marks the halfway point to the deadline for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, globally we are still far off-track, and Africa is only halfway towards achieving the SDGs, with nearly 600 million Africans still lacking access to electricity and 431 million people living in extreme poverty.
Digging Africa Deeper into Hunger; Annual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 29 (IPS) - As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum, convening September 5-8 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, they are instead handing out new shovels to dig the continent deeper into a hunger crisis caused in part by their failing obsession with corporate-led industrialized agriculture.
Empowering Asias Farming Communities through Inclusive Business
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 28 (IPS) - When Lisa Huyen first set up her company, Vinasamex, which specializes in certified organic cinnamon and star anise grown in the mountainous and poorer provinces of Viet Nam, she faced daunting challenges including market access and securing financial support from banks.
A Plea for a UN Summit on the Global Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) - A coalition of civil society organizations, (CSOs), including climate activists, anti-poverty campaigners and celebrity chefs, are among those calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders on the global food crisis during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) sessions in New York next month.
Unlocking Africa's Potential: Strengthening Partnerships for Sustainable Progress
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Japan, Aug 23 (IPS) - At this year’s G7 summit in Japan, global leaders emphasized the importance of unity as the world navigates grave threats to multilateralism. The message was clear - trusted global platforms for dialogue and solutions are extremely crucial in current times.
Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Spain, Aug 22 (IPS) -El Castellar - For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of the main barriers to growing her chicken business is a lack of access to health services. But not for herself or her family – for her animals.
Building Agricultural Resilience in a Changing Climate: Strategies to Safeguard Crop Production Amidst Extreme Weather Events
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, USA, Aug 18 (IPS) - Across the U.S., and around the world, extremes in weather patterns, from drought to excessive heat to flooding to wildfires to outbreaks of insect pests and disease have become frequent and are predicted to continue to become more intense because of climate change, and the warming of our planet.
Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 16 (IPS) - Kenya’s fight for food security may have just gone ‘Old School’ as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way off consumers’ plates.
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