Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 20
CLIMATE CHANGE-AFRICA: Farming By Phone
- Inter Press Service
Francis Mburu used to keep indigenous cattle in Entasopia village in the semi- arid Kajiado region, 160 kilometres southwest of Nairobi. However, increasing temperatures and frequent droughts in Kenya have made this difficult in recent years.
Nicaragua Sows Quality Seeds to Reap Quantity
- Inter Press Service
'Using high quality seed, I harvested 20 quintals (one quintal = 100 pounds), while with ordinary seed I only get 10 quintals,' Vilma Rodríguez, a beneficiary of a seed production programme in the northwestern Nicaraguan province of Estelí, told IPS.
Q&A: 'New Donors Can Help Farming Sector'
- Inter Press Service
Rising food prices, natural disasters and an energy crisis that is turning wheat into ethanol instead of bread have raised the spectre of inadequate global food supply that hits the poor. This grim reality has finally turned the spotlight on agricultural aid and its link to development effectiveness.
SRI LANKA: Road Signs Indicate Peace
- Inter Press Service
The rough road is almost indistinguishable from the mud huts and dilapidated surroundings of this village - still pockmarked by the artillery duels of Sri Lanka’s fierce civil war that ended more than two years ago.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Making a Hot Cup of Rooibos Tea Unaffordable
- Inter Press Service
South Africa’s Rooibos tea has become a popular drink all around the globe. But prices of the herbal brew could shoot up within the next decade, as the Rooibos plant can only grow in one small region in the world — which is severely affected by climate change.
Aid Not Effectively Reaching Africa’s Poor
- Inter Press Service
Kenyan tea and coffee farmers remain disgruntled about the minimal profits they make selling their cash crops, the country’s leading foreign currency earners, as the government receives millions in funding for training and subsidies that most of these farmers are yet to see materialise.
Millions Stand to Benefit from Farmers' Co-ops
- Inter Press Service
The 925 million people who went hungry in 2010 are just one facet of an ever-worsening food security crisis. Both food producers and consumers face the consequences of price volatility and unsustainable agricultural practices - challenges that leave leaders on local and global levels alike seeking sustainable models for agriculture.
SOUTH AFRICA: Acid Mine Drainage Water Can Be Put to Use
- Inter Press Service
Toxic water from derelict gold and uranium mines has reportedly destroyed Elize Strydom's dream to be a farmer in her retirement.
NEPAL: Community Forestry Unfazed by Political Turmoil
- Inter Press Service
Nepal’s joint forest management system has taken such deep roots that the country’s prolonged political instability has had little effect on it.
AFRICA: Change the Donors Climate
- Inter Press Service
When donor-funded horticultural projects failed in Kalacha village at the edge of the Chalbi Desert in North Eastern Province, Kenya, the local pastoralist community proposed their own idea, which turned out to be the solution to their problems.
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