Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 72
AFRICA: Small Scale Farmers Vulnerable to New Wheat Fungus
- Inter Press Service
Aston Kirui’s worst experience with wheat stem rust was in 2009 when he lost most of his crop. The wheat farmer from Katakala village in Narok, west of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, is more fortunate this year as the disease has not struck. But his neighbour is not so lucky.
Banning Junk Foods in Mexico's Schools to Fight Obesity
- Inter Press Service
Consumer organisations and experts say the Mexican government's plan to remove junk food from schools is a step in the right direction in the fight against obesity in this country, which has the highest rate of childhood obesity in the world, and the second highest rate for adults, after the United States.
U.N. Biodiversity Plan Demands Voice for Women
- Inter Press Service
Women provide up to 90 percent of the rural poor's food and produce up to 80 percent of food in most developing countries, and yet they are almost completely ignored when policy decisions are made about agriculture and biodiversity.
Agro-Tech Alone No Panacea for Food Insecurity
- Inter Press Service
Providing technology to communities to ensure food security doesn't work if local traditions and social dynamics are not taken into account, concluded the participants in a forum here at the Fourth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility.
Q&A: 'Agrarian Reform Is Indispensible for Haiti'
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of unimaginable death and destruction, Haitian farmers continue to work hard to wring food for their country out of a depleted land. But now they have company.
AGRICULTURE: Africa Should Take Lessons from China -- IFPRI
- Inter Press Service
The model of agriculture applied by the People’s Republic of China during the last 30 years is an example that the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa should follow in their quest for development and growth and to eradicate poverty, according to agricultural experts.
BIODIVERSITY: Watching Over the Future
- Inter Press Service
Her husband died last year, but 'he will be forever a guardian of biodiversity.'
BIODIVERSITY: Saving the Planet Can Be Fun
- Inter Press Service
Saving the planet from environmental catastrophe is undoubtedly very important, but one of the reasons many people are not doing their bit could be that being green does not seem much fun.
Seeds of Hope Take Root in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
Countries have paid too little attention to the importance of biodiversity, and as result, species and ecosystems are in sharp decline and the public does not understand the concept.
BIODIVERSITY: Not Just About Tigers and Pandas
- Inter Press Service
When people talk about biodiversity loss, discussion often centres on the tragedy of animals like the tiger and the panda being in danger of extinction.
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