Global Issues
News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 79
NIGER: Livestock Herders Plan Ahead
- Inter Press Service
The cows Djibo Hama looks after belong to someone else, but he is diligent. Anticipating a severe shortage of good grazing in 2010, he secured cattle feed for the 35 that remain.
DEVELOPMENT: More Food, Except For That Billion Or So
- Inter Press Service
While agricultural research has made massive strides over the years in helping the world produce more food from the same amount of land, around one in six people, the 1.02 billion hungry, have not noticed.
DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Banking on Women
- Inter Press Service
Rinki Kumari’s white laminate-topped desk at the Bank of India’s branch here in Sahdeokhap village in eastern Bihar state is easily the busiest, with men, women and even children crowding around her.
TRADE-SOUTHERN AFRICA: 'Reclaim Control over EPA Talks'
- Inter Press Service
Southern African governments must regain control over the negotiations on the trade deals known as economic partnership agreements (EPAs). Issues earmarked as deal-breakers should be resolved before talks to a full EPA are continued. These include limiting the EPA to a goods-only agreement and the EU dropping its demand for reciprocity.
URUGUAY: Agro-Export Boom May Have Lethal Consequences
- Inter Press Service
Behind the explosive growth of the agriculture and plantation forestry industries in Uruguay lies clear proof of the indiscriminate use of chemical products that pose serious threats to the environment and human health.
Q&A: EPAs Are Still Not Developmental, Despite EU Promises
- Inter Press Service
The contentious trade deals known as the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) will in their current form not do African countries any good as they still do not take those countries’ development needs into consideration, despite such an undertaking by the European Union (EU).
TRADE: Whither African Cotton Producers After Brazil’s Success?
- Inter Press Service
African cotton-producing countries hope that Brazil’s intended retaliation after its success at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) dispute settlement body will have a positive spin-off for them but seem reticent about pursuing a similar course of action against the U.S. for its continued use of subsidies in cotton production.
U.S.: Water Crisis High on Policy Agenda, Clinton Says
- Inter Press Service
On a rainy morning here Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasised the centrality to U.S. foreign policy of addressing the world's water challenges.
EAST AFRICA: Impatient EU Pushes for Progress on EPA Trade Deal
- Inter Press Service
The European Commission (EC) is increasing the pressure on the East African Community (EAC) to sign the free trade deal known as an economic partnership agreement with the EU.
CLIMATE CHANGE-BRAZIL: The Threat Posed by Livestock
- Inter Press Service
The livestock industry has less economic clout than the oil industry, but ranchers say it has better arguments to defend itself from accusations regarding its share of responsibility for global warming.
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