Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 35
ZIMBABWE: Harvesting Water for Food Security
- Inter Press Service
Earth mounds running across her field hold back the water that Caroline Ndlovu uses to grow maize, pumpkins, beans and watermelons long after the short rainy season in this arid part of Zimbabwe.
DEVELOPMENT: Civil Society Welcomes New FAO Chief
- Inter Press Service
The track record of the newly elected Brazilian chief of FAO is a promise in itself for civil society.
KENYA: Training Poultry Farmers to Vaccinate Against Disease
- Inter Press Service
Every Tuesday and Friday Teresia Muisyo wakes up at 05.00 to feed her ever- growing flock of over 300 free-range indigenous birds.
Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought
- Inter Press Service
Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it is women who will be most affected by climate change.
Industrial Food Production Fuels Spread of E. Coli
- Inter Press Service
In the 1998 medical thriller 'Toxin' by U.S. novelist Robin Cook, the ground beef in hamburgers is contaminated with a deadly strain of the Escherichia coli or E. coli bacterium, unleashing a massive epidemic. The novel was inspired by a real outbreak that had taken place several years earlier.
Ban Proposed on Export Restrictions that Undermine Food Security
- Inter Press Service
Egypt has initiated a proposal in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to ban export restrictions on farm products to poor countries that are net food importers. The Group of 20 has also exhorted the upcoming WTO ministerial conference to adopt a specific resolution on export restrictions.
MALAWI: MALAWI: Tax on the Poor Is to Compensate for Tariff Revenue Loss
- Inter Press Service
The decision by the Malawian government to introduce value-added tax (VAT) of up to 16.5 percent on products such as bread, meat, milk and dairy products is being blamed for losses incurred by small-scale businesses. The move comes in response to a loss of revenue due to regional trade commitments.
U.N. Chief Quashes Reports of Run for President of Korea
- Inter Press Service
Ban Ki-moon, who has been re-elected Secretary-General of the United Nations for a second five-year term beginning next January, dismissed longstanding speculation that he plans to run for the office of president in his home country, South Korea.
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.
GUATEMALA: Multi-Partner Alliance Wages War on Hunger
- Inter Press Service
'Now I get supplies to feed my children, and I have a family garden where I grow carrots, onions and beets,' Marta Quinilla, a native of Uspantán, an area northwest of the Guatemalan capital that was devastated by the 36-year civil war, says cheerfully.
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