Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 60
WEST AFRICA: Black-Eyed Peas Key to Economic Development
- Inter Press Service
The black-eyed pea, commonly known as the cowpea, is the new kid on the block when it comes to improving the welfare of women and their families in West Africa, researchers say.
PERU: Women Farmers Dream in Organic Flavours of Coffee
- Inter Press Service
It's Saturday and the women hurry in to the cooperative's warehouse in this rural town in southeastern Peru with their huge bags of coffee beans on their backs. Some come on their own, others are accompanied by their husbands or children. But they have all hiked long distances from their farms in the mountains where they grow some of the world's top organic specialty coffee.
BRAZIL: Oil Palm Industry Seeks to Atone for Its Sins
- Inter Press Service
'Better 'dendê' than cattle,' says Violeta dos Reis, who cooks and serves meals in the small eatery she runs with her husband in the community of Arauaí in Brazil's northern Amazon jungle. In this rural area, a new world is opening up for poor farmers.
AGRICULTURE-UGANDA: Pee Solves a Problem
- Inter Press Service
Faced with a severe decline in soil fertility and low crop production as a result, Ugandan farmers have turned to human urine to improve the richness of their soil.
AFRICA: Can Research Strike a Balance Between Food and Fuel Crops?
- Inter Press Service
While researchers and farmers are still divided on the benefits of growing crops for biofuel production as Africa grapples with food security, Senegal is steadily working to balance the growing demands for food and bio fuels.
AFRICA: In Search of Lasting Farming Solutions to Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
In the semi-arid Laikipia district of Kenya’s Rift Valley province, research scientist Sarah Ogalleh Ayeri travels from one village to the other, documenting methods used by peasant farmers as they attempt to adapt to changing climatic conditions.
MIDEAST: Hungry in Gaza, More and More
- Inter Press Service
'Sometimes, for a day or two we don't even have bread, nor flour to make bread. There's a store nearby that, when we are truly desperate, lets us take a bag of bread or something simple, on credit. I owe them a lot of money for the food I've brought from them, but I still can't pay them.'
CLIMATE CHANGE: Staying Afloat With Submarine Rice
- Inter Press Service
South Asian rice farmers are switching to flood-tolerant strains of rice as insurance against inundations.
RIGHTS-AFRICA: 'Investors Should Help Democratise Zimbabwe'
- Inter Press Service
While investors need assurances about property rights and the protection of investments before they will invest in Zimbabwe’s precarious economy, the state of democracy in the Southern African country should also be a consideration.
KENYA: Agricultural Budget Out of Reach of Small-Scale Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Although the majority of Kenyans are agricultural producers, only 3.6 percent of the country’s national budget goes towards the sector. This falls severely short of government’s promise to spend at least ten percent on agriculture.
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