Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 68
U.S.: Controversy Highlights Plight of Black, and White, Farmers
- Inter Press Service
The controversial firing of an African-American federal government employee over comments misconstrued to be racist has refocused attention on the plight of black farmers in the U.S. South.
Climate Extremes Fuel Hunger in Guatemala
- Inter Press Service
'Three-quarters of the fields are still under water. Maize, plantains, okra and pasture are all lost,' José Asencio told IPS at the village of Santa Ana Mixtán in southern Guatemala, the area worst affected by tropical storm Agatha.
Window of Opportunity For Sahel Rapidly Closing
- Inter Press Service
Over the past six months, the levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in the Sahel belt of West Africa have increased at alarming rates, putting over 10 million people at risk across the region - particularly in Niger and Chad.
Venezuela Starts Its Own 'Zero Hunger' Programme
- Inter Press Service
Standing between two wooden planks that shore up the front of her small makeshift house, 40-year-old Maribel Huerta talks about her family.
AFRICA: Everything but Arms Initiative Benefits Too Few People
- Inter Press Service
The Everything but Arms trade initiative, which provides preferential treatment to poor countries, benefits only a limited range of people in the target populations. It should also be expanded to more countries, civil society organisations say.
PARAGUAY: Women Manage Dairy for Self-Sufficiency
- Inter Press Service
A year ago, Ramona Pereira was stuck with humdrum domestic drudgery in a rural village in Paraguay. Now she is the leader of a committee of women dairy producers in her community, and at 38 she feels like a new woman.
DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: 'Competing With the Dogs for Bones'
- Inter Press Service
'People used to mock me, saying that I am competing with dogs for bones, but these taunts do not deter me,' says Sibongile Mararike with no sign of rancour.
EUROPE: 'No' to GM Could Conceal a 'Yes'
- Inter Press Service
Genetically modified (GM) foods will be introduced more quickly in Europe as a result of a new proposal, some Brussels officials fear.
New Weather Patterns Threaten U.S. Breadbasket
- Inter Press Service
Climate change is expected to disrupt agriculture in the U.S. Midwest, with high carbon dioxide promoting crop growth but stronger storms, drought, floods and migrating yields dampening yields.
Turks Let Kurdish Forests Burn
- Inter Press Service
The Turkish General Directorate of Forestry claims to devote the bulk of its resources to combating forest fires, but it is passively observing the Turkish army ignite forested areas in the country's predominantly Kurdish southeastern region.
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