News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 105
How Farmer Producer Organisations Benefit Small Scale Farmers in India
- Inter Press Service
MANDLA, JHARGRAM & AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA, May 26 (IPS) - Until a decade ago, marginal farmers Gangotri Chandrol and Sunitabai lacked livelihood options in the post-monsoon season.
Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 26 (IPS) - When the residents of Armstrong, a town of 15,000 in western Argentina, began to meet to discuss a renewable energy project, they agreed that there could be many positive effects and that it was not just a question of doing their bit in the global effort to mitigate climate change.
Climate Change Gets Its Day in Court
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 25 (IPS) - As a matter of global justice, the climate crisis has rightfully made its way to the world’s highest court.
On 29 March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of states on climate change. The initiative was led by the Pacific Island state of Vanuatu, one of several at risk of disappearing under rising sea levels. It was co-sponsored by 132 states and actively supported by networks of grassroots youth groups from the Pacific and around the world.
Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism
- Inter Press Service
ST PAUL, Minnesota, USA, May 25 (IPS) - A new study estimates that global heating will push billions of people outside the comfortable range of temperature and weather in which we have evolved.
World Hunger Day: Renewing Our Commitment to Elevating Women as Change Agents for Ending Hunger
- Inter Press Service
PORTO-NOVO, Benin, May 24 (IPS) - This upcoming weekend, on May 28, we are commemorating World Hunger Day. The day serves as a reminder that more than 800 million people around the world are living with hunger and malnutrition. That number is staggering, but there is hope.
Governments Are Changing Fisheries Management for the Better, but More Action Is Still Needed
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 23 (IPS) - Global fisheries are worth more than US$140 billion each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. But this hefty sum does not capture the true value of fish to ocean health, and to the food security and cultures of communities around the world.
Rainwater Harvesting Brings Hope for Central Americas Dry Corridor - Video
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, May 22 (IPS) - Chronic water shortages make life increasingly difficult for the more than 10.5 million people who live in the Central American Dry Corridor, an arid strip that covers 35 percent of that region.
G7 Owes the Poor $13 Trillion in Unmet Pledges. Meanwhile…
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 22 (IPS) - Two shocking findings have just been revealed: the G7 countries owe low- and middle-income countries a huge 13.3 trillion USD in unpaid aid and funding for climate action, at a time when one billion people now face cholera risk, precisely because of the staggering reduction and even non-payment of committed assistance.
G7 Has Failed the Global South in Hiroshima
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, May 22 (IPS) - "G7 countries have failed the Global South here in Hiroshima. They failed to cancel debts, and they failed to find what is really required to end the huge increase in hunger worldwide. They can find untold billions to fight the war but can’t even provide half of what is needed by the UN for the most critical humanitarian crises."
Human Rights & Sovereign Debt Restructurings: A Proposal for an Optimal Outcome
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, South Africa, May 18 (IPS) - Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and undermining its democracy because “you cannot eat democracy”.
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