Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 75
AFRICA: Fair Trade Farmers’ Exports Hit by Volcanic Ash
- Inter Press Service
African farmers are assessing the financial impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash clouds that led to a lockdown of Europe’s airspace, forcing fair trade flower growers from Africa to throw away 20 million roses that were meant for the European market.
ROMANIA: Slow Food - Opportunity for Small Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Mari Cat, an economist by profession, thinks nothing of selling meat, bread and apple juice at a stall in the ‘Slow Food’ market in this central Romanian town.
Bitter Taste in Mexican Coffee Farmers' Mouths
- Inter Press Service
A Turkish proverb says 'coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.' But growers of the more expensive arabica coffee beans in Mexico are more worried about a government plan to promote the cheaper robusta beans than about poetic maxims.
GM Crops Go to US High Court, Environmental Laws on the Line
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in its first-ever case involving genetically modified crops. The decision in this case may have a significant impact on both the future of genetically modified foods and government oversight of that and other environmental issues.
ECUADOR: Co-op Proves that the Poor Can Eat Organic, Too
- Inter Press Service
'There is no reason why we poor people have to eat badly,' says Ecuadorian farmer Juan Anguisaca. 'It’s not true that organic products have to be expensive. They can be profitable and within the reach of the poor,' Rodrigo Aucay adds.
Small Farmers to Get Nearly Billion-Dollar Boost
- Inter Press Service
Representatives of the governments of the United States, Canada, Spain and South Korea, along with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, joined together Thursday to launch a 900-million-dollar global trust fund to fight global food insecurity.
MALI: Rush For Land Along the Niger
- Inter Press Service
Domestic and international investors are taking over increasing amounts of arable land in Mali.
MOZAMBIQUE: Co-existing With Floods
- Inter Press Service
April signals the tail end of the flood season in Mozambique. The country's water managers will soon be able to appraise the effects of changing policies.
EU Defends Food as Fuel
- Inter Press Service
The European Union's anti-poverty chief has refused to concede that his promotion of biofuels has helped exacerbate global hunger.
EAST AFRICA: Green Agriculture Growing in Leaps and Bounds
- Inter Press Service
Organic agriculture using natural farming methods rather than fertilisers and pesticides has made significant gains in African countries — not just among farmers but among consumers too.
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