Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 33
Eleven Million at Risk in Horn of Africa
- Inter Press Service
'I have never seen anything like it. Many mothers have lost three or four children. It's a tragedy out here,' Austin Kennan, regional director for the Horn of Africa for Concern Worldwide, told IPS from within the crisis zone.
BOLIVIA: New Food Policy to Boost Small-Scale Farms
- Inter Press Service
In the midst of heated debate with agribusiness, the Bolivian government has launched an agricultural production model aimed at boosting food sovereignty by supporting small farmers, in order to generate surpluses to cushion the swings in international food prices.
Burkina Faso Losing Thousands of Hectares of Forests Each Year
- Inter Press Service
The Burkina Faso authorities have sounded the alarm over the increased rate of degradation of forests in this Sahelian country.
BURKINA FASO: Big Boost for Small Agricultural Producers
- Inter Press Service
The government of Burkina Faso has responded to long-standing demands of farmers for greater support for small family producers with the launch of 'Operation 100,000 Ploughs'. Smallholder farmers say this will strengthen the country's food security.
Somalia to Dadaab: The journey from hell
- Inter Press Service
The lorry sways slowly from side to side along a dirt track as it ambles towards its place of rest. The red straw bags, clothes and empty yellow water bottles tied to the rear end of the open cargo hold tower above the pensive faces peering over colourfully painted steel panels.
COLOMBIA: 'Matriarch' Leads Struggle to Recover Stolen Land
- Inter Press Service
'God willing, we will make it' reads the sign on a rusty old all-terrain vehicle, ideal for the complicated drive to the remote Curbaradó river valley in the banana-producing region of Urabá in northwest Colombia.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Fair Trade Taking Root
- Inter Press Service
'We started out with 10 organisations and now we have 22 cooperatives with more than 19,000 members who grow and export crops with an environmental, social and economic focus,' says an enthusiastic Marvin López, with the Guatemalan network of small-scale fair trade farmers (CGCJ).
AFRICA: The Struggle for Women to Own Land
- Inter Press Service
Even at the best of times, obtaining a title deed from the ministry of lands is a difficult process. But as the minister of lands admitted on Jul. 13 that his office is rife with corruption, the disorganisation of this office means Kenyan women are no closer to owning land.
ASIA: Activists Press for Gender Equality in Forest Tenure Reforms
- Inter Press Service
A 1993 forest act gave back Nepal its green hills, many believe. Activists say the law was also a catalyst for positive change in an area not readily linked with it — women’s rights in rural Nepal.
Keeping Healthy Veggies from Turning Deadly
- Inter Press Service
Fatal outbreaks of food poisoning in the United States, Mexico and Europe expose the failure of regional and global initiatives to ensure that fruits and vegetables are safe and healthy.
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