Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 24
Argentine Wine Industry Prepares for Global Warming
- Inter Press Service
Even slight changes in temperature can have a serious impact on the quality of wine, whose production is closely intertwined with the particular qualities of local soils and microclimates.
EUROPE: Agriculture Proposals ‘Failing Development’
- Inter Press Service
The new European Commission proposals on a Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) have dropped every reference to development obligations, NGOs point out. They will not stop the European Union from threatening food security in developing nations, they say.
Climate Solutions Need Strong Decision-Making
- Inter Press Service
The year 2010 endured 950 natural disasters, 90 percent of which were weather-related and cost the global community well over 130 billion dollars.
Looking to the Sahel for Lessons in Pushing Back Deserts
- Inter Press Service
Nearly all our food comes from the Earth's limited food- producing lands, but those lands continue to be degraded, guaranteeing far higher food prices and less food in the future, experts warn.
Entrepreneurs Could Develop Africa and the World
- Inter Press Service
He started with four rabbits and a will to succeed. Seven years later, Samuel Agossou has built a home for his family and employs a dozen other young people in his business.
SOUTH KOREA: Preventing Desertification Better Than Cure
- Inter Press Service
'Humanity is the only desert-making species and we’ve been degrading usable land at one percent per year,' says Luc Gnacadja, executive secretary of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
GUATEMALA: Little Headway against Rampant Malnutrition
- Inter Press Service
'If we can manage it, we buy something at the butcher's every 15 days, even if it's only a bone, although we normally just eat maize and beans,' says Marvin Fajardo, a small-scale farmer and father of three from the southern Guatemalan province of Escuintla.
LATIN AMERICA: High Food Prices Present Challenges and Opportunities
- Inter Press Service
The global food crisis, which threatens to aggravate hunger and poverty, makes it necessary for agriculture to diversify, adapt to climate change and raise productivity, say FAO and experts.
CUBA: More and More Women in the Fields
- Inter Press Service
When Sara Gutiérrez began working her land, she knew a lot about hairdressing, her first profession, but nothing about agricultural techniques. 'The first crops were really bad, until I learned how to get good yields even in difficult conditions,' she said.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Diversifying Farming to Fight Hunger
- Inter Press Service
The countries of Central America have set their sights on research and innovation in the production of tomatoes, cassava, potatoes and avocados to increase food supply and combat hunger, which mainly affects rural areas.
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