News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 98
#AfghanGirlsVoices Campaign to Elevate Voices of Young Afghan Girls on Global Stage
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (IPS) - Two years ago, the then 19-year-old Somaya Faruqi and the Afghan Robotic Team travelled from Herat City to Kabul, the heart of Afghanistan—the Taliban had taken over Herat city, cutting off electricity and internet. The all-girls team’s great passion for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) had driven them to Kabul to rehearse for a competition.
Political Will and Investment Will Score the Goal for Zero Hunger
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Aug 14 (IPS) - A world free from hunger is possible, but it demands political will, investment, and effective policies to transform agriculture and rural development, says Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Taking Stock of Two Decades of Trailblazing Protocol on Womens Rights in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 09 (IPS) - It promised to be the most defining, groundbreaking, and transformative protocol on African women’s rights. Specific in its approach, broad in its reach, and unique in its all-encompassing nature, covering issues such as HIV/Aids, widow inheritance and property disinheritance in a most unprecedented manner.
Mining Revenues Undermined
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 09 (IPS) - The primary commodity price boom early this century has often been attributed to a commodity ‘super-cycle’, i.e., a price upsurge greater than what might be expected in ‘normal’ booms. This was largely due to some minerals as most agricultural commodity price increases were more modest.
Empowering Women in Assam: Livestock Farming Brings Economic Relief Post-COVID
- Inter Press Service
MILONPUR, INDIA, Aug 08 (IPS) - Seema Devi is a 39-year-old woman hailing from India's northeastern state of Assam. She lives in a village called Milonpur, a small hamlet with no more than 1 000 inhabitants. While most men from the village, including Devi's husband, move to cities and towns in search of work, women are left behind to take care of the house and kids.
Zimbabwean Farmers Turn to Agroecology to Feed Their Families
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Aug 04 (IPS) - When Nelson Mudzingwa arrived in the Shashe farming area in Mashava in Masvingo, about 294 kilometres from the capital Harare, in the early 2000s, the land was barren, with no hope that the soils could be suitable for farming.
“No” to Sex Education Fuels Early Pregnancies in Central America
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 03 (IPS) - Pregnancies among girls and adolescents continue unabated in Central America, where legislation to prevent them, when it exists, is a dead letter, and governments are influenced by conservative sectors opposed to sex education in schools.
Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing Climate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 03 (IPS) - The Colorado river basin has recently been wracked by an extended drought which brought to the fore major concerns regarding hydroelectricity production. Up on the Colorado sits the iconic Hoover Dam, which transforms water into enough electricity to power 1.3 million people in Nevada, Arizona and California.
Clock Is Ticking For Food Security In Africa, Says New IITA Head
- Inter Press Service
ST DAVIDS, WALES, Aug 02 (IPS) - “My key message is really simple,” says Dr Simeon Ehui, the newly-appointed director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, which works with partners across sub-Saharan Africa to tackle hunger, poverty and natural resource degradation.
Government Health Financing for All, Not Insurance
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Aug 02 (IPS) - To achieve universal health coverage, people need public healthcare systems providing fair access to decent health care. This should be an entitlement for all, regardless of means, requiring adequate, appropriate and sustainable financing over the long term.
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