News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 122
How Digital Can Drive a Green Recovery
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) - As much of the world was starting to glimpse recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it now finds itself amid a cost-of-living crisis brought on by disruptions in global energy and food markets that are the result of conflict and climate change.
Doubts about Chiles Green Hydrogen Boom
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Oct 12 (IPS) - In Magallanes, Chile's southernmost region, doubts and questions are being raised about the environmental impact of turning this area into the world's leading producer of green hydrogen.
Reform Needed As Big Business, Not Vulnerable Communities Benefit from Post-Pandemic Support
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Oct 12 (IPS) - Governments and international financial institutions must adopt new ways of providing post-pandemic support, say campaigners after a report found that in many poorer countries, big business benefitted most from Covid-19 recovery funds. At the same time, vulnerable communities have been “left behind.”
His Zest For Mandarins Soured, Pakistani Producer Turns To Mushrooms
- Inter Press Service
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - The zesty citrus whiff from the rows of trees boasting unripe kinnow (mandarins) freshens the autumn air in late September. Two deeply tanned men clear the ground under and between the trees to plant vegetables.
Development Banks Should Reform Their Lending Practices
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 11 (IPS) - In the last week of September, emerging market (EM) bond fund outflows hit $4.2 billion, according to JP Morgan, bringing this year’s total to a record $70 billion. The exodus, set off by a rising U.S. dollar, is heaping pressure on low-income countries.
Bangladesh Reaching Out To Global Partners To Transform Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Oct 10 (IPS) - Bangladeshi businessman Kazi Inam Ahmed is building his dream in a village near Rupsha River in Khulna, southern Bangladesh—to develop fish farming in the region, where climate change is reducing the ocean’s catch. He envisions creating small ponds, which would employ local climate affected fisherfolk, then exporting the international quality harvest to the Netherlands.
How to Get on Track to Eradicate Extreme Poverty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 10 (IPS) - As we approach 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals look harder than ever to achieve. Shocks to the global economy caused by climate change, COVID-19, and conflict threaten humanity's survival. For the most vulnerable, trends are moving in the wrong direction with an additional 75 to 95 million people now living in extreme poverty compared to pre-pandemic World Bank projections. By the end of this year more than 657 million people will still be living in extreme poverty substantially more than in 2018.
Central Bank Myths Drag down World Economy
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (IPS) - The dogmatic obsession with and focus on fighting inflation in rich countries are pushing the world economy into recession, with many dire consequences, especially for poorer countries. This phobia is due to myths shared by most central bankers.
Addressing the Cow in the Room, Lowing for Nutrition and Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Oct 07 (IPS) - Meat, milk, and eggs are bad for you, and livestock is bad for the environment.
Small Farmers in Peru Combat Machismo to Live Better Lives
- Inter Press Service
CUZCO, Peru, Oct 06 (IPS) - "My father was very ‘machista’, he used to beat my mother... It was a very sad life," said Dionisio Ticuña, a resident of the rural community of Canincunca, on the outskirts of the town of Huaro, in the southern Peruvian highlands region of Cuzco more than 3,000 meters above sea level.
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