Researchers Embrace Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Banana Disease in Burundi — Global Issues

Researchers Embrace Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Banana Disease in Burundi — Global Issues

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…

Women Play a Key Role in Food & Nutrition Security in Nigeria — Global Issues

Women Play a Key Role in Food & Nutrition Security in Nigeria — Global Issues

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…

UN Chief Urges Governments to Tax “Immoral” & Excessive” Oil and Gas Profits — Global Issues

UN Chief Urges Governments to Tax “Immoral” & Excessive” Oil and Gas Profits — Global Issues

UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten Opinion by Antonio Guterres (united nations) Thursday, August 04, 2022 Inter Press Service Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his address to the UN press corps while launching the third brief by the Global Crisis Response Group on Energy. UNITED NATIONS,…

Slow food, Accelerating Biodiversity in the Field and On Our Plates — Global Issues

Slow food, Accelerating Biodiversity in the Field and On Our Plates — Global Issues

Edward Mukiibi first worked the fields as punishment. Now he is a firm believer that the slow food movement can save the planet. He was recently named as the President of Slow Food International. Credit: Slow Food International by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Tuesday, August 02, 2022 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Aug…

Bangladesh Plans to Launch Toll-free SMS Flood Warning — Global Issues

Bangladesh Plans to Launch Toll-free SMS Flood Warning — Global Issues

Farmers in Bangladesh would welcome an early warning system that does not rely on smartphones. Authorities and devising an SMS service after devastating floods killed many people and destroyed harvests. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS by Rafiqul Islam (dhaka) Monday, August 01, 2022 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Aug 01 (IPS) – Ziaur Rahman,…

In the Race to Mitigate Extreme Heat, We Must not Forget Strengthening Agriculture — Global Issues

In the Race to Mitigate Extreme Heat, We Must not Forget Strengthening Agriculture — Global Issues

Heat waves increase the risks of crop failures, threatening food security for billions of people. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Friday, July 29, 2022 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, USA, Jul 29 (IPS) – Across the U.S., and around the world, particularly Europe, heat records are…

The World Was Already Broken. Shall Ukrainian Cereals Fix It Up? — Global Issues

The World Was Already Broken. Shall Ukrainian Cereals Fix It Up? — Global Issues

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…

Surviving the Food Crisis in North-east Nigeria — Global Issues

Surviving the Food Crisis in North-east Nigeria — Global Issues

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…