Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 73
Agrobiodiversity Key to Adaptation
- Inter Press Service
Mechanisation, increased use of fertilisers, and the planting of hybrid seeds have underpinned huge increases in the world's agricultural output over the past 40 years. Biotechnology is the latest gambit, but agronomists warn that climate change could wipe out that progress unless farmers begin combining these with indigenous knowledge.
BIODIVERSITY: 'Culture Integral to Agriculture'
- Inter Press Service
Biodiversity in agriculture is about culture. Traditional knowledge and culture are as important as research and investments, aver farmers, researchers and academicians who are gathered in Rome to celebrate International Day for Biodiversity on Saturday.
AFRICA: Better Data Key to Supporting Women Farmers
- Inter Press Service
An accomplished farmer who won the coveted Woman Farmer of the Year Award in 2008, Thabile Dlamini-Gooday wants to uplift the standard of other women in agriculture. She believes that if women farmers were to work together they could fight hunger and significantly reduce poverty among themselves.
Can Amaranth Fix Mexico's Dual Dietary Disasters?
- Inter Press Service
Supporters of amaranth have been trying for decades to bring this millennia-old grain back from oblivion. Known for its high nutritional content, it is now being promoted as a way to help modern-day Mexico confront two of its dietary ills: malnutrition and obesity.
CUBA: New Agricultural Plan, But Few Real Reforms
- Inter Press Service
Cuba's strategy to boost production and reduce imports of food is intended to untangle the bureaucratic knots that hinder privately-run farms, responsible for 70 percent of the food on the country's dinner tables.
ARGENTINA: Two Centuries of Environmental Destruction
- Inter Press Service
In the 1830s, the sheer abundance and diversity of plants and animals in Argentina -- whether on land or in the water -- astounded British naturalist Charles Darwin during his famed tours of South America.
NAMIBIA: Will Farm Project Mean the River Runs Dry?
- Inter Press Service
A proposed irrigation scheme promises greater food security for Namibia, but should the 10,000 hectare Katondo Farm Project be completed, it could threaten the health of the Okavango River.
Advantage GM in Europe
- Inter Press Service
Leading biotechnology companies have been granted privileged access to the European Union's policy makers as part of their efforts to speed up the approval of new genetically modified (GM) crops.
Q&A: 'Old Rich' Countries Owe Debt for Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Countries closest to the equator will suffer most from climate change, according to Gwynne Dyer, a geopolitical analyst and journalist who predicts catastrophic events over the next few decades if temperatures continue to rise.
San Fight Land Grab in Namibian Park
- Inter Press Service
Pensioner Makena Makanga slowly savours a piece of manketti fruit unaware that the tree it came from will soon be chopped down and mulched along with the rest of her forest to make way for a massive agribusiness project.
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