News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 92
Scientists Draw up Guidelines to Help Agri-food Companies Align with 2030 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
AMURU, Uganda/NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 23 (IPS) - In Amuru district, 47 kilometres from Gulu town in northwestern Uganda, the Omer Farming Company has proven that it is possible to farm on thousands of acres of land using methods that conserve the environment and its biodiversity.
Africa at the Crossroads: Time to Abandon Failing Green Revolution
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, CAMBRIDGE (US), Sep 23 (IPS) - As COVID-19 threatens farming communities across Africa already struggling with climate change, the continent is at a crossroads. Will its people and their governments continue trying to replicate industrial farming models promoted by developed countries? Or will they move boldly into the uncertain future, embracing ecological agriculture?
A World Without Hunger Is Also About Protecting Food
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 17 (IPS) - Concern about food loss and waste has become an increasingly important focus of attention when discussing ways to eliminate hunger which, according to the latest FAO report, already exceeds 690 million people.
COVID-19 Worsens Mozambique’s Hunger - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
CHOKWE, Mozambique, Sep 15 (IPS) - High fuel prices and transportation costs isolated Mozambique's farmers from one of their biggest markets while the country's growing debt and economic crisis strained the budgets of many. But restrictions imposed by President Filipe Nyusi's government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food security as farmers have been unable to get their produce to market. This is the first in a two-part series. Like many Mozambicans in the agricultural sector, 39-year-old Fatima Matavele, a commercial farmer in the district of Chokwe, some 213 kilometres north of the capital, Maputo, has had a tough year. Although the last few years have been hard, 2020 has proven to be the most difficult of all.
Q&A: Land Restoration can Help Restore Post-COVID-19 Economy
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Sep 11 (IPS) - Investing in sustainable land management and land restoration will help build economies post-COVID-19 and help poor people increase their incomes as the destruction of global food chains by the pandemic provides a chance for ensuring diversity in production through ensuring the inclusion of local producers.
Preserving Food Security in Africa's Urban Areas
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya/TORIT STATE, South Sudan, Sep 10 (IPS) - In Torit State, southern South Sudan, Margaret Itto is one of the farmers in Africa's youngest country who have invested heavily in agriculture. But she is not able to access the lucrative market for her produce in the capital Juba simply because of poor roads.
COVID-19 Pandemic an Opportunity to Re-evaluate How we Treat World's Starving Children
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 09 (IPS) - While COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world, Nobel Laureates and world leaders have today expressed concern that ongoing crisis is far from being an equaliser. The pandemic has revealed that the most vulnerable and marginalised populations, including and especially children, remain largely unprotected against the virus and its impacts.
Hopes and Challenges for the First Ever Food Systems Summit
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 09 (IPS) - Building inclusive and healthier food systems, and safeguarding the health of the planet will be some of the key priorities at the first-ever Food Systems Summit next year.
Failing Africa’s Farmers, Starving the Continent
- Inter Press Service
BOSTON, Sep 08 (IPS) - African organizations are demanding answers after a recent report found that Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) strategies have failed spectacularly to meet its goals of increasing productivity and incomes for millions of small-scale farming households by 2020 while reducing food insecurity on the continent.
UN’s First-Ever Food Systems Summit to Fight Impending Emergency
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 (IPS) - Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for 2021 Food Systems Summit and a former Rwandan Minister for Agriculture, has been tasked with leading the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit, on a date to be determined next year. In an interview with UN News, she outlined her vision for a transformed international system that is more resilient, fairer, and less harmful to the planet.
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