Africa Needs More Action, Fewer Words to Secure Food and Nutrition — Global Issues

Africa Needs More Action, Fewer Words to Secure Food and Nutrition — Global Issues

Ritta Achevih? was barely able to feed her family, but now the Kenyan farmer has changed her fortunes by adopting Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approaches that improve soil health and productivity by protecting the soil from degradation. Credit. Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (kigali) Friday, September 09, 2022 Inter Press Service…

In the Face of Scarcity, Cubans Dream of Once Again Drinking Their Daily Cup of Coffee — Global Issues

In the Face of Scarcity, Cubans Dream of Once Again Drinking Their Daily Cup of Coffee — Global Issues

A waiter serves coffee in a glass to a customer outside a coffee shop in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. Drinking coffee on the street and in homes is a custom in Cuba that has become increasingly difficult to maintain, due to scarcity and cost. CREDIT: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS by Luis Brizuela (havana)…

Developing Countries Must Grow More Food; Climate change and war on Ukraine a wake-up call — Global Issues

Developing Countries Must Grow More Food; Climate change and war on Ukraine a wake-up call — Global Issues

CHINA – Constructing an irrigation network in Qinghai Province. Workers were paid part of their wages in food supplied by the World Food Programme. Credit WFP/Sarah Errington Opinion by Trevor Page (lethbridge, canada) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 08 (IPS) – As our planet continues to…

Sand Poachers Fueling Environmental Harm in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Sand Poachers Fueling Environmental Harm in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Nesbit Gavanga, who mines sand illegally and sells it to builders, says he has few other economic options in Zimbabwe. Environmentalists, however, are concerned about land degradation. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (chitungwiza, zimbabwe) Wednesday, September 07, 2022 Inter Press Service CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe, Sep 07 (IPS) – In Chitungwiza, right…

Eight International Development Priorities for the new UK Prime Minister — Global Issues

Eight International Development Priorities for the new UK Prime Minister — Global Issues

Opinion by Melissa Leach (brighton, uk) Tuesday, September 06, 2022 Inter Press Service BRIGHTON, UK, Sep 06 (IPS) – The UK’s new Prime Minister (and former Foreign Secretary), Liz Truss, enters Downing Street with a full and urgent in-tray, dominated by the highest inflation rate for 40 years and concerns across…

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

Thales Motta, director of GNR Fortaleza, stands in front of the biomethane plant located in northeastern Brazil, the development of which required overcoming prejudices, mistrust and misinformation to open up the market for gas generated from garbage. Now biomethane is expanding, making use of landfills and agricultural biomass. CREDIT: Mario…

A Nod Towards Capitalism in Venezuela — Global Issues

A Nod Towards Capitalism in Venezuela — Global Issues

A partial view of the city of Punto Fijo, with the Cardón refinery in the background, on the Paraguaná peninsula, projected as a special economic zone overlooking the Caribbean in northwest Venezuela. CREDIT: Megaconstrucciones by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Saturday, September 03, 2022 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Sep 03 (IPS) – Venezuela…

Transforming Girls Education, Changing The World — Global Issues

Transforming Girls Education, Changing The World — Global Issues

Helen Grant Opinion by Yasmine Sherif, Helen Grant (new york) Friday, September 02, 2022 Inter Press Service Helen Grant Despite the progress made in recent decades, gender inequality between girls and boys, in all their diversity, is deepening. According to a recent United Nations report, the interlinked crises: of armed conflicts,…