News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 60
Cuban Innovator Uses Sunlight to Create a Model Sustainable Space
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 23 (IPS) - After making a model for a solar heater, installing solar panels and creating a device to dehydrate food with the help of the sun, Félix Morffi is turning his home into a space for the production and promotion of renewable energies in Cuba.
A World of One Billion Empty Plates
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Sep 23 (IPS) - Have you eaten today – or are sure you will? The answer depends on where you were born and where you live now. If you are Spanish or live here, you likely did or will, provided that you are not one of this European country’s 900.000 inhabitants who face some sort of hunger, malnutrition or undernourishment.
Pacific Community's Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Sep 22 (IPS) - Safeguarding plentiful, nutritious supplies of food for the present generation of Pacific Islanders and those who come in the future is a frontline goal in the wake of the pandemic and the continual threat of climate extremes to island farming. But the region, where 50 to 70 percent of people depend on agriculture and fisheries for sustenance and income, is now one step ahead in that objective. The region’s agricultural gene bank, established by the development organisation, Pacific Community (SPC), is now acclaimed as world-class and a leader in building future food supplies.
Reimagining Urban Agriculture With Vertical Farming
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, USA, Sep 16 (IPS) - Cities across the world including New Jersey and California, a State that is home to a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, have continued to experience climate change linked extreme events including scorching temperatures, extreme heat events, heavy storms and flooding with devastating impacts on agriculture, food security, and food systems.
Remedy in Sight to Subdue an Invasive Poisonous Enemy in Kenyas Drylands
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Sep 16 (IPS) - Hannah Sakamo is worried. She is about to lose yet another goat in less than a month. A pastoralist in Eldepe village, Marigat Sub-County, Baringo County in Kenya’s Rift Valley region, her household’s lifeline is at stake.
Africa Needs More Action, Fewer Words to Secure Food and Nutrition
- Inter Press Service
Kigali, Sep 09 (IPS) - For more than five years, Ritta Achevih was harvesting one bag of maize or less from her small plot each season. She could hardly provide enough healthy food for her big family.
In the Face of Scarcity, Cubans Dream of Once Again Drinking Their Daily Cup of Coffee
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 09 (IPS) - While the Cuban government's plans to increase production begin to bear fruit, Mireya Barrios confesses that she seeks every possible way to enjoy a cup of coffee every day, in the face of high prices and scarcity.
Developing Countries Must Grow More Food; Climate change and war on Ukraine a wake-up call
- Inter Press Service
LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 08 (IPS) - As our planet continues to heat up, extreme weather has affected many of us. From the west coast of North America across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to Pakistan and New Zealand, wildfires and flash floods have destroyed homes and property and disrupted the daily lives of millions.
Malawian Farmers Reap More from Sunflower, Chillies
- Inter Press Service
Blantyre, Sep 05 (IPS) - Having harvested and graded their sunflower crop instead of taking it to market, every member of Zikometso Productive and Innovation Centre (IPC) brings their produce to the factory for cooking oil production. The IPC falls under the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (Nasfarm).
Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy - UNECA
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Aug 31 (IPS) - Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, finance the transition to renewable energy, and boost economic development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says.
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