Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 56
Free Trade Deals Bait Indian Fishermen
- Inter Press Service
A series of bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) is threatening the livelihoods of India's fishermen on the 8,000 km peninsular coastline - among the longest in the world - and the diets of millions of Indians for whom fish is a cheap source of protein.
ARGENTINA: Experts Optimistic, Farmers Cautious on Grain Harvest
- Inter Press Service
Agricultural analysts are predicting a strong grain harvest for Argentina, where soy, maize and wheat are among the engines driving the national economy. But farmers are more circumspect as they plant this year's crops in the southern hemisphere spring season.
SWAZILAND: Scramble to Meet Shortfall in Food Aid
- Inter Press Service
November will see the World Food Programme launch its Food by Prescription programme in Swaziland, but tens of thousands in urgent need of food aid are set to go without as a donor shortfall restricts assistance.
Slow Food Picks Up Steadily
- Inter Press Service
It's been a steady, even if slow growth for the Slow Food movement around the world.
PARAGUAY: Economy Soaring - For the Few
- Inter Press Service
Paraguay's economy is currently growing at the fastest rate in Latin America, due to by growing demand and high prices for agricultural products, especially soy, which is driving the expansion. But the question is whether the benefits of the boom will trickle down to the poor majority.
U.S.: Planting Oases in a Land of Burgers and Fries
- Inter Press Service
Though close to a billion people remain undernourished worldwide, one in three U.S. children are overweight — a problem that First Lady Michelle Obama has made her priority over the first two years of her husband's administration.
Brazilian Communities Find Ways to Live in Semiarid Environment
- Inter Press Service
No longer is the image of women trudging through fields carrying heavy water vessels on their heads just a 'quaint' scene of Brazil's semiarid northeast, for outsiders.
VENEZUELA: Hunger Strike Off as Gov't Agrees to Talks on Native Demands
- Inter Press Service
An 81-year-old Jesuit missionary in Venezuela ended a week-long hunger strike Monday after the government agreed to high-level talks to negotiate the release of three indigenous prisoners facing murder charges and to discuss land claims by Yukpa communities.
Europe to Slow Down on Food
- Inter Press Service
The Slow Food movement has won significant support from the European Union. Dacian Ciolos, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture, spoke to IPS in support of the movement at Terra Madre, a biennial reunion of promoters of the Slow Food movement.
Without Investment in Agriculture, Africans Stay Hungry
- Inter Press Service
Inadequate access to water, recurring floods and droughts as well as a lack of political will to invest in small-scale agriculture perpetuate hunger across Africa, the continent’s food security experts say.
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