Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 59
LATIN AMERICA: Growth and Social Inclusion Must Be Linked to Fight Hunger
- Inter Press Service
The concept that the state plays a key role in overcoming chronic hunger is not a new one. But the latest figures from Latin America show that more public money and social programmes alone are ineffective solutions.
Malnourished Children Swell Ranks of World's Hungry
- Inter Press Service
With the number of hungry people growing to more than a billion last year, the world is 'nowhere near' reaching the objectives outlined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI) released Monday.
Handheld Computers Speed Up Burundi Food Aid
- Inter Press Service
Aid organisations say a small handheld computer will allow them to more rapidly assess where food aid is needed most urgently. As a result, fewer Burundians will suffer hunger this year.
MALAWI: Richer Soil First Defence Against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Malawi has directed local government officials to develop local response strategies to the effects of climate change.
Q&A: Cuba's GM Maize Debate Opens Up
- Inter Press Service
The cultivation in several Cuban provinces of genetically modified maize, obtained by the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, endangers biodiversity and contradicts the government's own agricultural production plan, warns Cuban agro-ecologist Fernando Funes-Monzote.
WATER-ZAMBIA: Vanished Funds Mean Fields Stay Dry
- Inter Press Service
The M’cheleka Irrigation Scheme was meant to answer water and food security challenges in the Chadiza district of Zambia's Eastern Province. But ten years after the completion of the dam wall, only six families are benefiting from the water.
VENEZUELA: Chávez Revving Up Revolution with Land Takeovers
- Inter Press Service
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced the expropriation of a subsidiary of the British Vestey Group, and of Agroisleña, a major agricultural firm founded by Spaniards half a century ago, indicating that he is radicalising his Bolivarian revolution in spite of a drop in support for him in the recent parliamentary elections.
UGANDA: Modified Bananas Could Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality
- Inter Press Service
Africa’s high rates of maternal and child mortality could be solved through the development of a bio-fortified genetically modified banana as preliminary results of a joint research project between Ugandan and Australian scientists have proved positive.
Land Reform, a Top Priority of New Colombian Government
- Inter Press Service
Although many believe it's a mission impossible, the Colombian government of Juan Manuel Santos is prepared to use all necessary resources to return their land to some four million peasants displaced by the war, and guarantee intensive use of the country's arable land, as part of an ambitious agricultural policy.
GE Salmon an Ambiguous Milestone for Aquaculture
- Inter Press Service
The march toward domesticating the last wild food source may be about to take a major step forward in Washington - for better or worse.
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