Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (ABC) are using artificial intelligence to help eradicate Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD). The disease threatens the livelihoods of farmers and impacts food security. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Friday, August 05, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Aug 05 (IPS) – A group of…
Opinion by Victor Ekeleme, Kalejaiye Olatundun (washington dc) Friday, August 05, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 05 (IPS) – In Nigeria, women play key roles in food and nutrition security through their contributions to agricultural production, their influence on how to allocate household income, and their efforts to ensure…
A UNFPA staff member walks to a damaged health centre in General Santos on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Credit: UNFPA Philippines Opinion by Barry Mirkin (davao city, philippines) Wednesday, August 03, 2022 Inter Press Service DAVAO CITY, Philippines, Aug 03 (IPS) – With the national election and transfer…
Aerial view of San Crisanto and its preserved mangrove, in the state of Yucatan, in southeastern Mexico. In addition to trapping and storing CO2, mangroves control coastal erosion, protect against hurricanes and clean water. However, in Yucatan, as in other similar ecosystems, they face threats from increasing urbanization, mass tourism…
Farmer Mayra Rojas says that the Chinese-type fixed-dome biodigester built in back of her home in Carambola, in the municipality of Candelaria in western Cuba, has become part of her daily life and a key factor in improving her family’s quality of life. CREDIT: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS by Luis Brizuela (havana)…
Opinion by Jaideep Prabhu (cambridge, uk) Tuesday, August 02, 2022 Inter Press Service CAMBRIDGE, UK, Aug 02 (IPS) – The world needs tens of millions of new teachers by 2030, according to UNESCO – an order of magnitude that requires “frugal innovation.” I’ve studied frugal innovation for more than a decade,…
Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Tuesday, August 02, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Aug 02 (IPS) – Myanmar has been embroiled in violence and civil unrest since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in February 2021. The initially widespread peaceful protests were crushed…
Credit: EBRD Opinion by Vanora Bennett (london) Friday, July 29, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 29 (IPS) – Until Russia went to war on Ukraine in February, Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket of Europe”. One of the largest grain exporters in the world, it provided about 10 per cent…
Credit: Bigstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, July 28, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jul 28 (IPS) – A wide majority, including the United States, has cheered the 22 July Turkey-brooked agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resumen cereals and fertilisers exports from both countries. Such exports had been stopped since…
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, speaks with internally displaced people in North East Nigeria. January 2022. Credit: UNOCHA/Christina Powell Opinion by Matthias Schmale (abuja, nigeria) Thursday, July 28, 2022 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Nigeria, Jul 28 (IPS) – Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people…
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