Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 9
Niger Onion Producers in Tears Over Market Glut
- Inter Press Service
Bitterness is written all over Boureïma Hamado's face as he prepares to return home after selling his onion crop at the Katako market in the Nigerien capital, Niamey. He's taken a big loss on the harvest.
Radioactive Mushrooms Cloud Compensation Plans
- Inter Press Service
The discovery of radioactive contamination in ‘shiitake’ mushrooms grown in Manazuru town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 300 km away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has raised public clamour for compensation.
Put Food Crisis on G8's Plate, Group Urges
- Inter Press Service
Days before the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, anti- poverty advocates staged their own egg hunt in Lafayette Park to urge President Obama to 'find political will to end global hunger' during the upcoming G8 Summit at Camp David.
OP-ED: Where Economic and Environmental Prosperity Meet
- Inter Press Service
One of the lesser-known catalysts of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings was a global grain crop failure in 2010, caused by drought and flooding that year from Russia to Canada.
Young Ivorians Fishing Big Profits out of Small Ponds
- Inter Press Service
Mathieu Djessan looks over the four-hectare expanse of fish ponds with satisfaction. The aquaculture enterprise the 29-year-old runs here near the town of Tiassalé in southern Côte d'Ivoire is quickly proving profitable.
Where Bees Reform Gangsters
- Inter Press Service
In the Kamanabe area of the rural Eastern Highlands in Papua New Guinea (PNG), a village gang has relinquished crime and is striving to contribute to the sustainable future of the local community with a honeybee income generating initiative.
Mexico’s Corn Festivals — a Haven from Transgenic Crops
- Inter Press Service
Catalina Salvador, an 87-year-old peasant farmer who grows pumpkins, beans, and above all corn on her small plot of land, was one of the opponents of transgenic crops who took part in the traditional corn festival in San Juan Ixtenco in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala.
Amid Global Uncertainties, Barbados Plots a Greener Future
- Inter Press Service
When it comes to developing a 'green economy', Barbados is leading its English-speaking Caribbean neighbours.
Jamaica to Galvanise Public on Climate Adaptation
- Inter Press Service
A public awareness project that aims to foster wider understanding among locals about the linkages between the global climate and their social and economic wellbeing is Jamaica's newest adaptation strategy.
Displaced Guatemalan Peasants Demand Answers
- Inter Press Service
'We want land where we can live and grow food to feed ourselves,' said Pedro Ichich, one of several thousand indigenous farmers who marched to the Guatemalan capital to demand solutions to the ageold conflict over land.
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