Global Issues
News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 29
Financing for Whom? The Financing for Development Summit Must Address Social Dimensions
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 24 (IPS) - The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how to finance a better future for all. Yet, in practice, the first drafts of its outcome reveal a glaring omission: people. Despite rhetoric about inclusivity, the drafts are strikingly weak on social issues, as if financing and macroeconomic policies exist in a vacuum, detached from the lives they impact.
African Countries Still Underfunding Health by as Much as 50 Percent
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 24 (IPS) - The majority of African countries are yet to commit 15 percent of their GDP to funding the health sector, despite the growing disease burden weighing down the continent and two decades after the coming into force of the Abuja declaration on health sector funding.
Climate Groups Report 2025 Is Unlikely To Be Hotter Than 2024
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 (IPS) - On March 19, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) issued a report on the State of Global Climate in 2024, detailing the numerous heightened natural disasters that were a consequence of human-induced climate change. With the past three years having been recorded as the three hottest years in human history, climate scientists are optimistic that 2025 will see slightly cooler global temperatures.
How Science Solutions Are Saving Africa’s Livestock and Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 22 (IPS) - Livestock are a lifeline for millions of farmers in Africa as a source of food and wealth. But devastating diseases are threatening the health and productivity of their animals.
Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 22 (IPS) - Donald Trump’s top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to ‘persuade’ other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly mutually beneficial global empire.
Hooves Vs. Habitats: Striking a Sustainable Balance Between Livestock and the Environment Is Crucial to Africa’s Future
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, Apr 18 (IPS) - In my country, Senegal, almost 70 percent of our land is used to graze livestock. Here and across Africa, pastoralists and livestock keepers sustain herding systems which are closely bound up with our landscapes and crucial to nationwide food security, economic growth, and ecological balance.
Bringing Resilience to the Table to Achieve Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 18 (IPS) - The global risk landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, posing significant threats to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As extreme weather, macroeconomic shocks, conflict, and other risks intensify and intertwine, they can create ripple effects that amplify existing vulnerabilities and put both human and development progress in peril.
Smallholder Farmers Are Not ‘Beneficiaries’, but ‘Co-Creators of Change’
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 17 (IPS) - Eliud Rugut comes from generations of farmers, yet his family expected him to move out of their home and pursue another career.
Amputated Limbs, Enduring Pain: The Suffering of Syria's War Wounded
- Inter Press Service
IDLIB, Syria, Apr 17 (IPS) - The Syrian war has left countless Syrians with devastating injuries, ranging from limb amputations and burns to the loss of sensory functions. These injuries have profoundly impacted their lives, compounded by the limited attention and support they receive from civil society organizations.
ECOSOC Forum Highlights the Importance of Educational and Economic Empowerment for Youth
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (IPS) - This year, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum’s theme is “Youth at the Forefront: Leveraging Science and Social Inclusion for Sustainable Development”, bringing together government representatives, young leaders and policymakers among other relevant stakeholders, to deliberate over youth involvement in the ongoing efforts to implement the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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