News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 63
Income-based Solutions Paramount for Addressing Food Insecurity - Experts
- Inter Press Service
Ottawa, Jul 12 (IPS) - Lisa Argiropulos, a single mother of two teenage sons and a resident of Ottawa, Ontario, has been facing food insecurity since 2016, after an accident that left her with chronic pain and disabilities.
Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert
- Inter Press Service
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, Jul 12 (IPS) - Villagers living with a desert at their doorstep in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province are finding life more bountiful thanks to recent training on how to use their smartphones to buy, sell and gather information.
Migrant Workers from Mexico, Caught Up in Trafficking, Forced Labor and Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 08 (IPS) - Eduardo Reyes, originally from Puebla in central Mexico, was offered a 40-hour workweek contract by his recruiter and his employer in the United States, but ended up performing hundreds of hours of unpaid work that was not authorized because his visa had expired, unbeknownst to him.
Differently-Abled Farmers Integrate Digital Technology, Aim To Set Example For Others
- Inter Press Service
KHLONG SONG, Thailand, Jul 06 (IPS) - Hidden in Pathumthaini province just outside of Bangkok, 0.24 hectares of land adjacent to Seangsan temple has been turned into an urban vegetable farm managed by members of the Association of the Physically handicapped of Pathumthani.
Recovering Edible Food from Waste Provides Environmental and Social Solutions in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 06 (IPS) - For 30 years, Tomasa Chávez visited the Central Market of Buenos Aires and rummaged through the tons of fruits and vegetables that the stallholders discarded, in search of food. Today she continues to do so, but there is a difference: since 2021 she has been one of the workers hired to recover food as part of a formal program launched by the Central Market.
Mobilizing Against Hunger in Brazil, Where It Affects 33.1 Million People
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 05 (IPS) - A campaign against hunger, a problem that affects 15.5 percent of the Brazilian population, seeks to mobilize society once again in search of urgent solutions, inspired by a mass movement that took off in the country in 1993.
Digital Training in Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation
- Inter Press Service
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Punjab, Pakistan, Jun 28 (IPS) - Farmer Abdul Waheed, 32, has been using his cell phone for everything but work for the past seven years. But after a recent training session he has installed six farming apps and says the move has paid off.
Digital Tools Complement Organic Farming at Islamic School in Indonesia
- Inter Press Service
CIWIDEY, West Java, Indonesia, Jun 24 (IPS) - It appears to be business as usual at the Al-Ittifaq pesantren, the local term for an Islamic boarding school. Yadi and Rezki, both 18, join the subuh, pre-dawn prayer, in the local mosque. After a session of religious meditation, along with other santris, or students, the two study science in a pre-dawn class for about 30 minutes.
Digital Technology Buoys Indonesian Catfish Farmers
- Inter Press Service
INDRAMAYU, Indonesia, Jun 24 (IPS) - For years Indramayu has been known as one of Indonesia’s rice centres. The district in West Java is the country’s number one rice producer, generating 1.3 million tons of husked rice in 2021, according to Indonesia’s Centre of Statistics (BPS). The country’s total rice production was 54 million tons.
Across Asia and the Pacific, Digitalization of Rural Communities is Leading the Way to a Better Future - But the Goal is to Leave No One Behind
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jun 24 (IPS) - It wasn’t that long ago that Internet connectivity faded the moment one left a populated area like a city or big town – “no service” was the take-away message back then. But thanks to 3G, 4G and now 5G mobile technology, coupled with widespread installation of cellular towers in rural areas region-wide, that little message shows up much less frequently.
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