Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 64
Funding Begins Flowing for African Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made by the G8.
Fisheries Can Play Key Role in Africa
- Inter Press Service
Fisheries contribute at least $10 billion dollars to African economies every year. In countries such as Angola, Egypt and Namibia, fisheries are vital economic drivers.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Growing Seed Security
- Inter Press Service
Farmer Obed Dlamini, like many of his colleagues from Swaziland, finds it difficult to find quality maize seeds each planting season. Not only are the seeds expensive but they are often not available.
VENEZUELA: Hunger Striker Dies in Land Dispute
- Inter Press Service
Franklin Brito, who held several long hunger strikes since 2004 to defend ownership of his farm, became the first Venezuelan to fast to the death.
SOUTH AMERICA: Argentine Beef Overtaken by Mercosur Partners
- Inter Press Service
South America's Mercosur trade bloc is becoming established as the top world producer of beef, with 40 percent of the international market. But while in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay production and exports are growing, Argentina, the home of the legendary 'asado' barbecue, is falling behind.
US: Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Factory Farming
- Inter Press Service
As regulators traced the U.S. salmonella outbreak spread by infected eggs back to the hen feed used at two Iowa farms Thursday, many groups are pointing the blame at the factory farm system from which the eggs — and bacteria — came.
AFRICA: Outrage Over Claim that Anti-GM Campaign 'Causes Hunger'
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to claims that the international campaign against genetically modified (GM) crops is partly responsible for food shortages and food insecurity in Africa.
Mali Nomads Flee Drought
- Inter Press Service
Nomadic communities in northern Mali's desert regions are facing one of the most serious droughts of the last twenty years.
AGRICULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: 'There Is No Dignity'
- Inter Press Service
South African farm workers — especially female labourers — continue to be exploited, despite the existence of national labour laws and regulations designed to protect them. But in the absence of information and education about their rights, workers have a hard time claiming them.
ECONOMY: 'Sub-Saharan Africa Is Speeding Towards Affluence'
- Inter Press Service
Africa is heading towards a bright economic future, according to a new book co-authored by the former director of the French state agency for economic cooperation and released recently in Paris.
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