Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 12
U.N. Chastises Mexico’s Support for Agribusiness
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations criticised Mexico’s food policy, a month and a half after President Felipe Calderón launched to great fanfare an alliance of agribusiness for sustainable development, which was welcomed by giant food corporations.
Indian Farmers Hostage to Middlemen
- Inter Press Service
Agriculture experts blame the crisis faced by India’s small farmers on a highly inefficient supply chain for perishable farm produce, a situation exploited by traders and middlemen.
PHILIPPINES: Women Weather Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
As the world commemorates International Women’s Day today, women around the globe are speaking out on various issues that affect them. In light of recent natural disasters and calamities in the Philippines, women are increasingly citing climate change as one of their most pressing concerns.
Thai Province Shows the Green Way
- Inter Press Service
As fingers of morning light slip through the mango and banana orchards of his village, Suchin Utanarat heads out in a boat to net a fresh catch from the nearby canals teeming with shrimp.
ZIMBABWE: Farmers Tackle Water Problems Fuelled by Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Beauty Moyo’s desire for access to water has finally been met. The rains that fell in the past week after a long dry patch have awakened this small-holder farmer deep in rural Plumtree, Zimbabwe on the border with Botswana to the reality of sparse rainfall, climate change and how she and her fellow villagers can respond.
U.N. Meet Holds Governments to Account on Women's Equality
- Inter Press Service
In 2008, delegates meeting for the annual U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) agreed that much greater investments in women and gender equality were a critical — and overlooked — aspect of sustainable development.
KENYA: Microloans, Greenhouses Help Women Cope with Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
At Gakoromone Market in Meru, in Kenya’s Eastern Province, Ruth Muriuki arrives in a pickup full of tomatoes and cabbages despite the scarcity of rainfall in the area, thanks to the greenhouse technology she uses on her farm — and microcredit.
PERU: Time to Adapt to Climate Change Impact on Women’s Lives
- Inter Press Service
This year’s unusually rainy season in Peru is having a negative effect on the wellbeing and health of women in rural areas who are forced, for example, to spend three times as much time walking to collect firewood and water. But the authorities continue to turn a blind eye to the problems they face.
Dwindling Resources Trigger Global Land Rush
- Inter Press Service
A global scramble for land and mineral resources fuelled by billions of investment dollars is threatening the last remaining wilderness and critical ecosystems, destroying communities and contaminating huge volumes of fresh water, warned environmental groups in London Wednesday.
Q&A: Climate Funding Needs Gender Equity
- Inter Press Service
Gender considerations remain largely disregarded in existing climate funds, even though women are some of the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and agriculture.
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