Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 318
Africa Pays the Price of Low Harvests Thanks to Costly Fertilisers
- Inter Press Service
CHIMOIO, Mozambique, Sep 25 (IPS) - Eherculano Thomas Rice, is pleased to have harvested 40 bags of white maize from his eight-hectare field in Chimoio, in Mozambique's Manica Province. But he knows that his productivity and yield would be higher if he had been able to afford to buy fertiliser to add to his crop.
OPINION: The Fight Against the Long-Term Affects of Child Hunger Reaches Fever Pitch
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Sep 24 (IPS) - Eric Turyasingura chases after a ball made from plastic bags outside his mud-brick home in the mountains of southern Uganda. Yelling in his tribal tongue, Nkore, "Arsenal with the ball! Arsenal with the ball!" he jostles with his younger brothers for possession.
Climate-Smart Agriculture is Corporate Green-Washing, Warn NGOs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - On the sidelines of the U.N.'s heavily hyped Climate Summit, the newly-launched Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture announced plans to protect some 500 million farmers worldwide from climate change and "help achieve sustainable and equitable increases in agricultural productivity and incomes."
Water: A Defining Issue for Post-2015
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sep 23 (IPS) - A gift of nature, or a valuable commodity? A human right, or a luxury for the privileged few? Will the agricultural sector or industrial sector be the main consumer of this precious resource? Whatever the answers to these and many more questions, one thing is clear: that water will be one of the defining issues of the coming decade.
Saving the Lives of Cameroonian Mothers and their Babies with an SMS
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Sep 23 (IPS) - "You can't measure the joy in my heart," Marceline Duba, from Lagdo in Cameroon's Far North Region, tells IPS as she holds her grandson in her arms.
Experts Warn of Dire Consequences as Lake Victoria's Water Levels Drop Further
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Sep 23 (IPS) - Over the years, Cassius Ntege, a fisherman from Kasenyi landing site on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria has observed the waters of the lake receding. And as one of the many who depend on the lake for their livelihoods, he has had to endure the disastrous consequences of the depleting lake.
Mongolia’s Poorest Turn Garbage into Gold
- Inter Press Service
ULAANBAATAR, Sep 22 (IPS) - Ulziikhutag Jigjid, 49, is a member of a 10-person group in the Khan-Uul district on the outskirts of Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, which is producing brooms, chairs, containers, and other handmade products from discarded soda and juice containers.
Green Economy Isn't Rocket Science – And It's Not Even Costly
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 22 (IPS) - Acting on climate change will not hurt domestic economic growth, and in fact is more likely to boost growth, most analyses now show.
Kenya’s Ogiek Women Conquer Cultural Barriers to Support their Families
- Inter Press Service
NAKURU COUNTY, Kenya, Sep 22 (IPS) - Just two years ago, Mary Ondolo, a 50-year-old mother of nine from Kenya's marginalised, hunter-gatherer community, the Ogiek, used to live in a grass thatched, mud house for decades.
Half a Century of Struggle Against Underdevelopment
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 22 (IPS) - The idea of creating Inter Press Service (IPS) arose in the early 1960s in response to awareness that a vacuum existed in the world of journalism, which had two basic aspects.
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