Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 6
Cashew Producers' Pain Is Intermediaries’ Gain in Senegal
- Inter Press Service
Cashew nut growers in the southern Senegalese region of Casamance are complaining bitterly that intermediaries are cutting them out of a fair share of the profits.
Urban Farming Takes Root in Brazil’s Favelas
- Inter Press Service
Women in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of this city 40 km north of Rio de Janeiro no longer have to spend money on vegetables, because they have learned to grow their own, as organic urban gardening takes off in Brazil.
'The Two Guatemalas' Meet
- Inter Press Service
'It’s very hard for them to put food on the table, but they are very noble people,' Diego Orozco, one of the thousands of young urban Guatemalans who spent last weekend with a poor rural family, told IPS.
Q&A: Restructuring the Planet's Food System
- Inter Press Service
Thirty percent of food is wasted globally, while one billion people go hungry and another billion are obese.
Energy Forests, the Feminine Art of Reforesting
- Inter Press Service
María Elena Muñoz industriously weeds a clearing in the forest and then digs several holes, where she and another four dozen women are planting plantain seedlings, to help feed their families in this poor farming area in El Salvador.
Laos’ Herculean Effort to Join the WTO
- Inter Press Service
After almost a decade of major economic transformation, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is on the brink of World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership.
Women in Brazil Turn to Eco-Friendly Farming in Wake of Storms
- Inter Press Service
In the green belt of market gardens that feeds the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, women farmers are learning environmentally friendly techniques in response to extreme weather events and their effects on the land.
Hit by Fighting, Now by Prices
- Inter Press Service
As thousands of people flee the conflict in South Sudan’s northern border states, increasing numbers have also been forced to leave their homes and towns in search of affordable food.
AGRICULTURE: Farm Animals Join Rio+20 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Human development and biodiversity will not be the only focus of the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June, for which representatives of hundreds of states and non- governmental organisations (NGOs) will gather to discuss sustainable development.
Tribal Farming Beats Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Tribal farmer Harish Saraka has rediscovered the key to sustainable farming in this rain-dependent hinterland of eastern Odisha state — mixed cropping.
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