Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 25
Conference Renews Eroded Efforts to Combat Desertification
- Inter Press Service
Degradation of land is the world's quiet crisis, undercutting food production, increasing water scarcity, impoverishing hundreds of millions of people and affecting two billion overall. Nearly 20 million square kilometres of the earth's arable lands — an area twice the size of Canada — have already been degraded.
PERU: Campesinas Protect Traditional Diversity of Food Crops
- Inter Press Service
Dina Apomayta is heir to the 3,500-year legacy of the Andean cultures of Tiwanaku and Lupaca, which venerated the land. And she and many other rural women in Peru continue to nurture the agricultural biodiversity that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Women in Rural Argentina Speak Out on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Rural and indigenous women in northern Argentina, hit hard by the expanding agricultural frontier, deforestation and the spraying of toxic pesticides, spoke out about their problems and set forth proposals for discussion at the next global summit on climate change.
Farmers' Networks Urge Government Action Against Land Grabbing
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations and global farmers' networks are gathered in Rome this week to ask governments to stop the 'disastrous practice of land grabbing', ahead of next week's Committee on World Food Security.
MEXICO: Rural Women Organise to Weather Multiple Crises
- Inter Press Service
Adelaida Avelino, 60, is still devastated by the loss of her corn and wheat harvest, which were destroyed by the freeze that hit the Mexican state of Tlaxcala a month ago. But at least her medicinal plants survived.
Biofuels, Speculators Driving Food Price Surges
- Inter Press Service
A new report on global hunger pinpoints factors at the heart of spikes in food prices it says are exacerbating the unfolding food crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Persistent La Niña Is Back Again
- Inter Press Service
La Niña is back less than three months after the end of its last appearance, a particularly strong event that contributed to driving up global food prices.
Food Prices May Rise Further, UN Report Warns
- Inter Press Service
Food price volatility featuring high prices is likely to continue and probably increase next year, making poor farmers even more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity, the global report on food insecurity released Monday by the United Nations' three Rome-based food agencies predicts.
INDIA: Microcredit Fights to Regain Credibility
- Inter Press Service
As microcredit institutions - once touted as the vital ‘last mile’ in extending credit to poor rural women -fight a government backlash that has encouraged honest borrowers to turn defaulters, hopes for revival hinge on a new bill awaiting passage in India’s parliament.
Africa Ravaged by Continued Denial of Market Access
- Inter Press Service
The poorest countries in Africa are not merely the victims of natural calamities. They are also ravaged by the continued denial of market access as promised in the Doha trade negotiations, say African trade diplomats.
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