Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

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Fermina Quispe (fourth from the right, standing) poses for photos together with other farmers from the Women’s Association of Huerto de Nueva Esperanza, which she chairs and with which she promotes crop irrigation with solar pumps in her community, Llarapi Chico, located more than 4,000 meters above sea level in…

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

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Cattle carcass in Kenya’s Kitengela Maasai rangelands in the great drought of 2009. A new report shows that major river basis in Africa have become sources of conflict due to drying up thanks to climate change and environmental degradation. Credit: ILRI by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press…

El Ni񯧳 Impact on Central America’s Small Farmers Is Becoming More Intense — Global Issues

El Ni񯧳 Impact on Central America’s Small Farmers Is Becoming More Intense — Global Issues

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Farmer Gustavo Panameño stands in the middle of what is left of his cornfield, hit hard by drought and windstorms, near Santa María Ostuma, in central El Salvador. Many Salvadoran small farmers are feeling the impact of El Niño, as are many others in Central America and the rest of…

Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North — Global Issues

Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North — Global Issues

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Alfalfa farmer Dionisio Antiquera stands in front of one of the wastewater treatment ponds at the modernized plant in Cerrillos de Tamaya, a rural community in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile. The thousands of liters captured from the sewers are converted into clear liquid ready for reuse in local…

Water Stress, a Daily Problem in the Agro-Exporting South of Peru — Global Issues

Water Stress, a Daily Problem in the Agro-Exporting South of Peru — Global Issues

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Ortensia Tserem, a 27-year-old indigenous woman from the Amazon jungle, arrived with her partner to the coastal city of Ica in search of better economic opportunities. She never imagined that living without water would become part of her daily life. In her wooden shack in a poor neighborhood on the…

Managing Water Sustainably Is Key To the Future of Food and Agriculture — Global Issues

Managing Water Sustainably Is Key To the Future of Food and Agriculture — Global Issues

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A staggering 40% of groundwater is used for global irrigation, this alone indicates the importance of this precious resource in navigating the population through impacts of climate change. Credit: SADC Groundwater Management Institute. Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar…

War, Famine, Disease, Disasters 2022 a Year Staring at Apocalypse — Global Issues

War, Famine, Disease, Disasters 2022 a Year Staring at Apocalypse — Global Issues

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Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada) Friday, December 23, 2022 Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 (IPS) – A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis…

This Planet Is Drying Up. And these Are the Consequences — Global Issues

This Planet Is Drying Up. And these Are the Consequences — Global Issues

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By 2050, droughts may affect an estimated three-quarters of the world’s population. Credit: Miriet Abrego / IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, December 01, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Dec 01 (IPS) – Drought is one of the ‘most destructive’ natural disasters in terms of the loss of life, arising from…