News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 121
Macroeconomic Policy Coordination More One-Sided, Ineffective
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (IPS) - Widespread adverse reactions to the UK government’s recent ‘mini-budget’ forced new Prime Minister Liz Truss to resign. The episode highlighted problems of macroeconomic policy coordination and the interests involved.
Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Oct 21 (IPS) - A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative steps to tackle human rights violations and environmental destruction. No project funded by PDBs should come at the expenses of vulnerable groups, the environment and collective liberties, but should instead embody the voices of communities, democratic values and environmental justice.
Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Canada, Oct 20 (IPS) - Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, “clean water and sanitation for all.”
According to the latest SDGs progress assessment, 2 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water, 3.6 billion lack sanitation services, and 3 billion lack basic hygiene services.
Time is Running Out for Decisions on Debt Relief as Countries Face Escalating Development Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (IPS) - Developing low- and middle-income economies are taking hard hits from global economic developments outside their control. Monetary tightening in advanced economies coupled with increasing fears of a global recession have weakened currencies, sent interest rates soaring, and investors fleeing.
Stop Worshiping Central Banks
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 (IPS) - Preoccupied with enhancing their own ‘credibility’ and reputations, central banks (CBs) are again driving the world economy into recession, financial turmoil and debt crises.
Local Solutions Boost Sustainable Micro-Mobility in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 17 (IPS) - The incorporation of small electric vehicles for public transport, together with initiatives that encourage the use of bicycles, represent opportunities and challenges for Cuba to sustainably and inclusively combat the chronic problems in urban mobility.
World Food Day 2022 Call to Action as 828M People Go Hungry
- Inter Press Service
New York, Oct 14 (IPS) - In this year alone, the global impact of compounding crises demonstrates, more than ever, why food scarcity must be addressed internationally and how there must be a shift in the food and agricultural systems.
Persons with Disabilities Integral Players in Determining Innovative Solutions to Fully Inclusive Societies
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 14 (IPS) - Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities. This week, we meet again to assess how the governments have delivered on their commitments, to secure those gains and develop the innovative solutions needed to achieve fully inclusive societies.
Myanmar's Crisis Since the Coup-- in a Nutshell
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (IPS) - The update on September 26, 2022, of the human rights situation in Myanmar to the UN Human Rights Council says it all: “The people of Myanmar have been caught in a rapid downward spiral, with growing suffering, fear, and insecurity. Urgent action is needed to reverse this catastrophic situation and to restore peace, democracy, and sustainable development”.
Agroecological Women Farmers Boost Food Security in Perus Highlands
- Inter Press Service
CUZCO, Peru, Oct 13 (IPS) - Lourdes Barreto, 47, says that as an agroecological small farmer she has improved her life and that of Mother Earth. "I love myself as I love Mother Earth and I have learned to value both of us," she says in her field outside the village of Huasao, in the highlands of the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco.
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