Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 46
CUBA: Integrated Farming to Help Reach Food Sovereignty
- Inter Press Service
Based on their own experience, Luisa García and Jorge Medina, whose farm in Cuba produces a variety of food that feeds them year-round, said they have no doubt that food sovereignty can be achieved in their country and in the rest of Latin America.
PERU: Nutritional Supplement Programme Big Business for a Few
- Inter Press Service
Peru's Glass of Milk Programme (PVL) is failing in its aim of providing nutritional supplements to all poor children in Peru. But it has been a big business opportunity for the handful of companies that supply the programme, according to a special audit report seen by IPS.
Agro-Fuel Debate Takes Root in Central America
- Inter Press Service
The debate is growing in Central America over the scope of industrial crops in forested areas or subsistence farming zones, and their impact on the source of food for the rural population.
DEVELOPMENT-UGANDA: Better Coffee Brings Better Living Conditions
- Inter Press Service
Producing quality Arabica coffee beans on the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda is only viable once farmers are assured ready access to the global market. Fair trade has made this possible.
A World Going Hungry
- Inter Press Service
In an era of mass consumption in the West, the developing world is entering its second major hunger crisis in three years, with new figures from the World Bank showing food price hikes have forced 44 million people into economic hardship since last June.
Great Green Wall to Stop Sahel Desertification
- Inter Press Service
Imagine a green wall - 15 kilometres wide, and up to 8,000 kilometres long - a living green wall of trees and bushes, full of birds and other animals. Imagine it just south of the Sahara, from Djibouti in the Horn of Africa in the east, all the way across the continent to Dakar, Senegal, in the west.
ENERGY-MALAWI: Rise in Paraffin Prices Leaves Traders in Darkness
- Inter Press Service
Increasing energy prices have caused anxiety for many small-scale Malawian traders, especially those in rural areas and peri-urban areas who rely on paraffin for lighting their business premises.
KENYA: Flower Industry Still Not Back in Full Bloom
- Inter Press Service
Kenya’s flower exporters are cautiously optimistic that the prospects for their industry will improve during 2011 after disaster struck in the form of volcanic ash and adverse winter weather conditions in 2010. But prices will be lower as the global economic recession still weighs heavily on their primary market, the European Union.
ARGENTINA: Pockets of Child Malnutrition Despite Economic Boom
- Inter Press Service
Despite years of strong economic growth, record harvests and massive social assistance programmes, there are still places in Argentina untouched by the boom, where child malnutrition has even claimed lives.
MEXICO: Peanuts in Times of Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Yandi Condado and a small group of farmers in the southern Mexican state of Puebla decided a few years ago to process their peanuts as an economic boost -- and to defend this traditional crop against the advances of more profitable options.
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