Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 14
MEXICO: Keeping Traces of Antibiotics Out of Food
- Inter Press Service
Orange juice and beef form part of the diet of many people in Mexico and other countries of the Americas. But the traces of antibiotics and fungicides they can contain pose risks to human health, and authorities in the region have begun to address the problem.
JAPAN: Trust Deficit - Worst Fallout of Fukushima
- Inter Press Service
Kazuya Tarukawa, 36, left a secure job in the Japanese capital to tend to his family’s organic farm located 100 km away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor.
ARGENTINA: Three-Quarters of 'Breadbasket' Is Drylands
- Inter Press Service
How has Argentina managed to maintain its image as one of the world's breadbaskets when a full three-fourths of its territory consists of drylands? This was one of the questions raised by the scientists who decided to create the National Observatory on Land Degradation and Desertification this year.
GUATEMALA: Zero Hunger Plan Must Focus on Production, Experts Say
- Inter Press Service
'We don’t want a repeat of welfare-oriented programmes, because they are unsustainable,' said Rony Palacios of the National Network for the Defence of Food Sovereignty in Guatemala, criticising President Otto Pérez Molina’s Zero Hunger plan.
Native Farmers in Mexico Help Drive Local Eco-Friendly Farming
- Inter Press Service
The largely invisible work of small local groups of indigenous farmers in Mexico who are spearheading the defence of their territory and identity and of native seeds is strengthening ecologically sound family farming, experts say.
CHINA: Radio Keeps Tibetans Tuned In
- Inter Press Service
No road leads to Motuo County. There is no post office or newspaper. But, for the 10,000 residents of one of the planet’s remotest corners, a local radio station serves as the vital link to the outside world.
Bangladesh Braves Climate Change With Community Radio
- Inter Press Service
'Welcome to Krishi (farming) Radio. You are listening to FM 98.8 megahertz and I am your hostess Shahnaz Parvin,' the local community radio crackles over the mobile phones and transistors of residents in coastal Barguna district.
'A Catastrophic Year' as Hunger Crisis Looms over Sahel
- Inter Press Service
Seven out of the eight governments in the Sahel — the arid zone between the Sahara desert in North Africa and Sudan’s Savannas in the south — have taken the unprecedented step of declaring emergencies as 12 million people in the region are threatened by hunger.
Cameroon’s Economy Suffers as Boko Haram Infiltrates Country
- Inter Press Service
Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as 'zoa-zoa', because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
DEVELOPMENT-NIGER: Three Million Children Threatened by Hunger
- Inter Press Service
Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family members to leave in search of work elsewhere. A national survey of vulnerable households shows that 5.4 million people face food insecurity across Niger.
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