Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 65
KENYA: A Bid to Save Macadamia Crops
- Inter Press Service
Joseph Ndirangu Muriithi is a worried man. After watching the fall of coffee farming in Kenya a decade ago, he now fears that his other cash crop will also go into decline as a new disease preys on his macadamia trees.
WORLD: Fair Trade Is Growing But Africans Lag Behind
- Inter Press Service
Despite its minuscule share of world trade, fair trade is a booming business, importing certified foodstuffs and products from all over the world to Northern supermarkets. But there is increasing concern that this growth is yet to benefit poor countries in Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA: Climate Change Policy Ignores Women Farmers
- Inter Press Service
When asked if they have already felt the effects of climate change, Mary-Anne Zimri and Katrina Scheepers eagerly nod their heads. The two small-scale farmers say lack of rain this winter has foiled their planting season, ruined their harvest — and drastically slashed their income.
ECUADOR: Small Farmers Sell to Government in 'Inclusive Markets'
- Inter Press Service
The powerful middleman threatened them: 'I hope it lasts for you. I hope the government buys your beans forever, because I don't want you ever coming back to me!'
MEXICO: Junk Food Regulations in Schools Fall Short, Consumer Groups Say
- Inter Press Service
What was initially announced as a government ban on sales of junk food in schools has failed to keep fried and sugary foods out of the classrooms to which Mexico's 25 million primary and secondary students returned Monday after summer break.
ENERGY: Brazilian Biofuels Run into EU Obstacles
- Inter Press Service
Brazil has begun a counterattack on the European Union's measures for certifying crop-based fuels, which could lead to import barriers for this energy source coming from the South American giant.
COLOMBIA: The Violent 'Agrarian Counter-Reform' Conspiracy
- Inter Press Service
An unknown number of agribusiness owners and public employees at all levels, as well as far-right paramilitaries, have a common link with rural people who have been forced off their farms or killed in Colombia: the land stolen from the latter group in the armed conflict.
AFRICA: Woman Researcher Tackles Aflatoxin Poisoning
- Inter Press Service
Despite a bumper harvest of maize just a few months ago, many residents in the eastern part of Kenya are facing hunger and starvation. While granaries in the region may be full, the grain cannot be sold, let alone eaten.
ENVIRONMENT: Uruguay Tries to Solve Its Forestry Puzzle
- Inter Press Service
'A Uruguayan consumes 40 kilos of paper per year, compared to 400 kilos consumed by someone in Finland. We produce wood pulp to feed foreign consumption,' says sociologist María Selva Ortiz, representative of the environmental group Redes-Friends of the Earth Uruguay.
Niger Facing Growing Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
In April, the United Nations World Food Programme estimated it would need 190 million dollars to respond to a food crisis threatening more than 7 million people in Niger. By July, the WFP had revised the amount needed upwards to $371 million: a month later, the U.N. agency has been forced to scale back aid for lack of funds.
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