News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 98
Women’s Savings in Zimbabwe Struggle Under Weight of Unstable Currency
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Jun 28 (IPS) - For years, self-employed and unemployed women in Zimbabwe formed neighbourhood "clubs" where they pooled money together for everything from buying bulk groceries to be shared at the end of the year to meeting funeral expenses.
South Sudan President, Education Cannot Wait Jointly Announce Extended Multi-Year Education Response for Crises-Impacted Sudanese Children
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 24 (IPS) - South Sudan is experiencing one of the most severe crises in the world today, causing fragility, instability, and economic stagnation. While a peace agreement was reached in 2018, sporadic intercommunal violence and climate-induced disasters continue to spur displacement. More than 2.2 million people are internally displaced. Another 2.3 million have fled to neighboring countries as refugees.
Biodigesters Boost Family Farming in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
AFOGADOS DA INGAZEIRA, Brazil, Jun 24 (IPS) - "The biodigester really gives a huge boost to those who have the courage to do things," said Maria das Dores Alves da Silva, based on her own experience as a 63-year-old small farmer.
Medical Abortion Expands Women's Rights in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 23 (IPS) - Viviana Mazur is a doctor at the Santojanni Hospital in Mataderos, a working-class neighborhood in Buenos Aires. She has witnessed the advances in women's rights in Argentina, where until 2020 abortion was only allowed on two grounds, while it is now available on demand up to 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Beyond the UN Security Council: Can the General Assembly Tackle the ClimateSecurity Challenge?
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jun 22 (IPS) - The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives. As the smoke clears around the United Nations building in New York, we are likely to see a renewed push for the UN Security Council to tackle the security risks posed by climate change, including in the upcoming New Agenda for Peace policy brief from UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Mexico Needs to Step Up Treatment and Reuse of Water to Address Crisis
- Inter Press Service
ENSENADA, Mexico, Jun 21 (IPS) - At the entrance to the coastal city of Ensenada in the northwestern Mexican state of Baja California a sign reads: “Every drop matters to us. Take care of the water."
If Current Trends Continue, Worlds Poor may not Achieve a Single Development Goal by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21 (IPS) - When the 193-member General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development back in September 2015, it was aimed at transforming the world into an idealistic state of peace and economic prosperity.
But eight years later, most of the world’s low-income countries (LICs) have been struggling to achieve even a single goal, including the two key targets: the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.
Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Policy and Investment for Public, Private Sectors
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 20 (IPS) - Oil palm has brought significant benefits and prosperity to Liberia. The export of crude palm oil is a major source of foreign exchange earnings for the government. The palm oil crop covers more than 1 million hectares, hundreds of thousands are employed in the palm oil sector, and at least 21 percent of the farming households produce palm oil.
Making the Impossible Possible, Chronicles of an Ambassadors Lifelong Frontline Battle to End Leprosy
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 19 (IPS) - In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital he had funded. He saw leprosy patients inside the hospital still and expressionless. The smell of leprosy filled the air, the smell of pus from open sores.
Healthy Homes - A Right of Rural Families in Peru
- Inter Press Service
CUZCO, Peru, Jun 15 (IPS) - Adopting a “healthy housing” approach is improving the living conditions of rural Peruvian women like Martina Santa Cruz, a 34-year-old farmer who lives with her husband and two children in the village of Sacllo, 2,959 meters above sea level in the Andes highlands municipality of Calca.
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