Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 7
In New U.S. 'Bioeconomy', Industry Trumps Environment
- Inter Press Service
The White House on Thursday announced the formulation of the National Bioeconomy Blueprint, aimed at shoring up the U.S. commitment to bioscience-related research.
DRC Cassava Farmers Reap Rewards from New Methods
- Inter Press Service
Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are embracing a new variety of cassava which, in combination with improved agricultural techniques, easily outperforms yields from other popular types of this important crop.
Coming Together for Environmental Restoration in Haiti
- Inter Press Service
In honour of Earth Day, we run an interview with Yves-André Wainright, who discusses ways that poor governance and the role of foreign donors have contributed to the country's environmental catastrophe.
World Bank Overseeing Global Land Grab
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank continues to facilitate land-grabbing in poor and developing countries around the world, according to new research released here on Monday.
Massive Theft of Developing World's Farmland
- Inter Press Service
The mass acquisition or lease of arable land in developing countries, especially in Africa, by foreign investors — a practice aggravated by the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2007 — has reached record highs, according to several new studies.
Cameroonian Farmer Won’t Let Low Rainfall Defeat Him
- Inter Press Service
Olivier Forgha Koumbou washes some freshly picked carrots in a small brook and eats them with relish. His thriving farm in Santa, in Cameroon’s North West region, looks like a miracle in the midst of surrounding farms where carrots, lettuce, potatoes and leeks have withered and died.
South Africa’s Smallholders Lose Battle for Seed Security
- Inter Press Service
In an almost ceremonial manner, Selinah Mncwango opens her big plastic bag and pulls out several smaller packets, each filled with different types of seeds: sorghum, bean, pumpkin, and maize. They are her pride, her wealth, the 'pillar of my family,' says the farmer from a village in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
Food Security Slipping Ever Further Away
- Inter Press Service
Continuing near-record high food prices around the world are highlighting international inattention to a looming threat, observers here warned on Friday.
Ghanaian Fisherfolk Blasting Their Way to Finding Fish
- Inter Press Service
Explosives, high-watt light bulbs, monofilament nets, and poison: these are a few methods fisherfolk are using to catch ever-dwindling fish stocks off Ghana’s shores.
/CORRECTED REPEAT**/: Listening to the Hum of Tilling Machinery in the Sierra Leone Countryside
- Inter Press Service
In the eastern Sierra Leonean community of Lambayama, rice paddies are carved far into the landscape before being abruptly halted by distant hills. Aside from a paved road that draws a grey line through the green, swampy valley, it looks much as it did a century ago.
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