Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 51
AGRICULTURE: Desperation Over Subsidies
- Inter Press Service
As the rains start to fall in Malawi, marking the beginning of the growing season, government is continuing to implement the fertiliser and seed subsidy programme which has since made the country a bread basket in the Southern African Development Community, SADC.
SOUTH AMERICA: Rain May Disappear from the World's Breadbasket
- Inter Press Service
South America still has vast extensions of land available for growing crops to help meet the global demand for food and biofuels. But the areas of greatest potential agricultural production -- central-southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Paraguay -- could be left without the necessary rains.
INDIA: Wonder Irrigation Pump Goes A Long Way
- Inter Press Service
Just two years ago, Ratha Majhi was at his wits’ end trying to eke out a decent living from his modest vegetable farm.
AGRICULTURE: Researchers say traditional vegetables can improve food security
- Inter Press Service
According to Vision 2030, which is a government strategic plan on how to boost growth and development in Kenya, there are an estimated 5 million out of an estimated 8 million households who depend directly on agriculture, despite the fact that agriculture continues to be one of the most under-budgeted Ministries. ale.
India-EU Deal Threatens Mom-and-Pop Retail
- Inter Press Service
Retail giants pushing the European Union-India free trade deal promise consumers a 'new and dynamic retail experience' but ignore the fate of India’s 'mom-and-pop' stores and some 40 million people they employ.
ECUADOR: Farming in the Shadow of the Volcano
- Inter Press Service
On a clear day, hundreds of families pull over in their cars and snap pictures of the column of smoke spewing out of the Tungurahua volcano in central Ecuador.
Dire Development Issues Converge in the Drylands
- Inter Press Service
Few are aware that close to one billion people in over 100 different countries are suffering from or severely threatened by intense desertification. Yet awareness is crucial, for it is human behaviour that has led to the proliferation of hyper- arid, uncultivable drylands over the past few decades.
OP-ED: The EU Must Start Fishing Responsibly Now
- Inter Press Service
The loss of marine biodiversity is hurtling forward at an unprecedented rate. At present, the FAO calculates that nearly 80 percent of the world’s fishery resources are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted. Furthermore, marine scientists have suggested that if the current pace of exploitation continues, all fish stocks will have collapsed or disappeared by 2048.
COLOMBIA: New Boost for Rural Women
- Inter Press Service
'It sounds nice, but it’ll be tough to implement'; 'the most important thing is to translate into reality': These statements by rural women leaders in Colombia sum up the reaction of activists to the government’s decision to revive and refinance a special fund for projects in the countryside led by women.
LATIN AMERICA: Rural Women, Success Stories and Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
The traditional image of rural women in Latin America is shifting, from one of subsistence farmers raising their families to that of women playing a growing role in small- and large-scale commercial and productive activities. But behind that change lie both success stories and exploitation.
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