News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 97
Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador, Jul 04 (IPS) - Using a few dry sticks as fuel, Margarita Ramos of El Salvador lit the fire in her wood stove and set about frying two fish, occasionally fanning the flame, aware that the smoke she inhaled could affect her health.
Transformative Change of our Relationship with Nature: Key to Saving Global Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Jul 04 (IPS) - The writers are Co-Chairs of the IPBES Transformative Change AssessmentTo most people, ‘transformative change’ is an abstract academic catchphrase. But transformative change is far more than that. It is the foundational response necessary to address the global crisis of biodiversity loss that threatens the wellbeing of every person in every community – and every species in every region.
Quest for Safe Water in One of Indias Most Isolated Villages
- Inter Press Service
Champad, India, Jul 04 (IPS) - Simita Devi spent over ten days in a government-run hospital a year ago anxiously watching her critically ill nine-year-old daughter, Gudiya, who was diagnosed with typhoid.
Climate Change and Development
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Jul 04 (IPS) - There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change.
Women in Peru's Poor Urban Areas Combat the Crisis at the Cost of Their Wellbeing
- Inter Press Service
CALLAO, Peru, Jul 03 (IPS) - At five in the morning, when fog covers the streets and the cold pinches hard, Mercedes Marcahuachi is already on her feet ready to go to work in Pachacútec, the most populated area of the municipality of Ventanilla, in the province of Callao, known for being home to Peru's largest seaport.
Tuberculosis: A Disease of the Poor Begs For Rich Funding
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Jul 03 (IPS) - The United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) to get a political commitment for increased funding for programmes and research to end an old disease that today kills more people than AIDS and COVID.
Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil's Semiarid Northeast
- Inter Press Service
"The rainwater tanks are the best invention in the world for us," said Maria de Lourdes Feitosa, 46, who recalls the deadly droughts of the past in Brazil's semiarid Northeast region.
Land Beneficiaries Lament Worsening Poverty in Resettled Areas
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Jun 30 (IPS) - Located between two heavily-deforested mountains, Nakadanga Trust in Machinga District in southern Malawi looks lifeless.
African Women Seek to Boost Innovation and Creativity in Agribusiness
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Jun 29 (IPS) - Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old woman mushroom farmer in Musanze, a district located about 100 km north of the capital Kigali, said women have often been the unseen faces of agribusiness in Rwanda.
The Need for More Funding, Especially to Women, Towards Climate Adaptation Goals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 29 (IPS) - There is a significant funding gap for climate adaptation – especially for women. Public financing will not be sufficient to close this gap, but it will be crucial for supporting the most vulnerable and facilitating private sector investments where funding and support is needed most.
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