Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 54
MADAGASCAR: New Livelihoods to Protect A River's Life
- Inter Press Service
The Nosivolo River has the greatest concentration of freshwater fish species in Madagascar. Strengthening protection of the river's biodiversity has involved transforming the livelihoods of local people.
Colombia Tests Forage Crops Against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Colombia, with 24 million head of cattle, is showcasing two advances towards reducing the 13 percent of climate-changing gas emissions attributed to livestock production around the world.
U.S.: Going Hungry in the Richest Nation on Earth
- Inter Press Service
While many U.S. residents prepare for their annual Thanksgiving feast Thursday, one in six are at risk of hunger — including a quarter of all children in the country.
CONGO: Beninois Fishing Community Evicted
- Inter Press Service
The Autonomous Port of Pointe-Noire has evicted 8,000 residents of a fishing village to make way for expanded facilities. The move is a blow to the community's livelihoods, as well as closing down the market that supplied the city's poor with affordable protein.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Water as a 'Divine Gift'
- Inter Press Service
'Many people still believe that water is a gift from God.' This statement from a Guatemalan scientist alludes to Central America's neglect of its water resources - - and the subsequent impact on agriculture.
KENYA: A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights?
- Inter Press Service
Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children lost their livelihood to her husband’s family.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/ETHIOPIA: First Carbon Finance Spreads Green Over Highland
- Inter Press Service
It has been decades since the people of the Humbo Woreda have been self-sufficient in food. A Clean Development Mechanism project - Ethiopia's first - is restoring the environment and sustaining livelihoods along with it.
BRAZIL: Family Farming Matters in South-South Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
Cooperation between countries of the developing South took another step forward with the recent signing of international agreements in Brazil aimed at stimulating public policies to support small farmers.
ECONOMY-ZIMBABWE: Consumers May be Happy But Workers Aren’t
- Inter Press Service
South African retail giant Pick-‘n-Pay increased its stake from 25 to 49 percent in TM Supermarkets — Zimbabwe’s largest grocer — in October in a deal worth about 13 million dollars. But, while the champagne corks pop in the boardroom, employees are not upbeat.
ETHIOPIA: They Have Become Farmers of Trees
- Inter Press Service
They have spent the better part of their lives destroying the forest, but Kochito Gabre and his cohort are now the guardians of a UNESCO-recognised resource in the Ethiopian highlands. After shrinking to barely half its original size, the Kafa Forest is now a model for sustainable use in the country.
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