Rural women are less able to access land, credit, agricultural inputs, markets, and high-value agrifood chains and obtain lower prices for their crops. Credit: Mallika Aryal/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, October 17, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Oct 17 (IPS) – Make no mistake. Violence against women has been perpetuated,…
Edious Murewa, resettled farmer, is on his farm where his barns are empty and have been for years. Experts blame climate change and a lack of farming know-how for the resettled farmers’ woes. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (mwenezi, zimbabwe) Monday, October 17, 2022 Inter Press Service MWENEZI, Zimbabwe, Oct…
Laboni Akhter works on a laptop in front of the digital service centre at Bawalkar village in Badarkhali, Barguna district, southern Bangladesh, in September 2022. Credit: Farid Ahmed/IPS by Farid Ahmed (badarkhali, bangladesh) Monday, October 17, 2022 Inter Press Service BADARKHALI, Bangladesh, Oct 17 (IPS) – A barefoot young man in…
Om, a homestay owner in Paro, is hoping to value add after growing strawberries in her small greenhouse. Credit: Chhimi Dema/IPS by Chhimi Dema (paro, bhutan) Friday, October 14, 2022 Inter Press Service PARO, Bhutan, Oct 14 (IPS) – Zam, 57, sits at her kitchen table looking out the window at…
Climate change, among other crises, has impacted on food security. Changing rainfall patterns have affected a rural community from Kondh Adivasis, Odisha. Credit: Credit: Aniket Gawade / Climate Visuals Countdown by Naureen Hossain (new york) Friday, October 14, 2022 Inter Press Service World Food Day is celebrated on October 16, 2022,…
Lourdes Barreto squats in her greenhouse garden in the village of Huasao in the municipality of Oropesa, in the Andes highlands of the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco, proudly pointing to her purple lettuce, grown with natural fertilizers and agroecological techniques. CREDIT: Mariela Jara/IPS by Mariela Jara (cuzco, peru) Thursday, October…
Richard Mbaria makes a point at his potato in Kapsita village of Nakuru County, Kenya. The farmer has increased his production per acre thanks to training by a CARP+ project implemented in the area by Egerton University. Credit: Maina Waruru/IPS by Cecilia Russell (nairobi) Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Inter Press Service…
Clearing ground to grow vegetables-Sultan’s Kinnow orchard. Credit: Alefia Hussain/IPS by Alefia Hussain (lahore, pakistan) Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Inter Press Service LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) – The zesty citrus whiff from the rows of trees boasting unripe kinnow (mandarins) freshens the autumn air in late September. Two deeply tanned…
Experts from the Netherlands and Bangladesh visit the Rupsha River in Khulna, southern Bangladesh, the planned site of future fish farms. Credit: IPS/Gemcon by Mosabber Hossain (dhaka) Monday, October 10, 2022 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Oct 10 (IPS) – Bangladeshi businessman Kazi Inam Ahmed is building his dream in a village…
Poverty, lack of nutrition, domestic violence and teen pregnancy are some of the key drivers of low learning performances and early school dropout racing across Samoa and the Pacific. Credit: Simona Marinescu, United Nations Opinion by Simona Marinescu (apia, samoa) Monday, October 10, 2022 Inter Press Service APIA, Samoa, Oct 10…
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