An Integrated Regional Response for the Sahel Crisis — Global Issues

An Integrated Regional Response for the Sahel Crisis — Global Issues

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Benoit Thierry Opinion by Benoit Thierry (dakar, senegal) Monday, July 25, 2022 Inter Press Service DAKAR, Senegal, Jul 25 (IPS) – Benoit Thierry, is Sahel Office Director of International Fund for Agriculture Development, DakarThe current Ukraine-Russia conflict is dominating the global media to the point of overshadowing longer protracted crisis that…

Digital Record-Keeping Eases the Burden of Mongolian Herders — Global Issues

Digital Record-Keeping Eases the Burden of Mongolian Herders — Global Issues

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Herder D. Chimiddulam waits at home for her son, who is looking for missing livestock. Credit: Namuunbolor Tumur-Ochir/IPS by Namuunbolor Tumur-Ochir (bat ulzii district, mongolia) Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Inter Press Service BAT ULZII DISTRICT, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) – “My son went after his cow. He will come soon. Our…

Smallholder Farmers in Uganda Recruit Black Soldier Fly for Green Fertiliser — Global Issues

Smallholder Farmers in Uganda Recruit Black Soldier Fly for Green Fertiliser — Global Issues

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Abbey Lubega inside the larvae hatchery unit. Simple tools are used to harvest the larvae and frass. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala & kayunga) Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Kampala & Kayunga, Jul 19 (IPS) – The conflict in Ukraine has led to an increase in fertiliser…

Income-based Solutions Paramount for Addressing Food Insecurity

Income-based Solutions Paramount for Addressing Food Insecurity

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More than 1.3 million people in Ontario, Canada, the most populous province in one of the world’s wealthiest countries, are food insecure. Credit: Ottawa Food Bank by Juliet Morrison (ottawa) Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Inter Press Service Ottawa, Jul 12 (IPS) – Lisa Argiropulos, a single mother of two teenage sons…

Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert — Global Issues

Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert — Global Issues

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Naseem Bano at home educating her children using her mobile phone. Credit: Irfan Ulhaq/IPS by Irfan Ulhaq (rahim yar khan, pakistan) Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Inter Press Service RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, Jul 12 (IPS) – Villagers living with a desert at their doorstep in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province are finding…

Migrant Workers from Mexico, Caught Up in Trafficking, Forced Labor and Exploitation — Global Issues

Migrant Workers from Mexico, Caught Up in Trafficking, Forced Labor and Exploitation — Global Issues

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Mexican workers harvest produce on a farm in the western U.S. state of California. The number of temporary agricultural workers from Mexico has increased in recent years in the United States and with it, human rights violations. CREDIT: Courtesy of Linnaea Mallette by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Friday, July 08, 2022…

Differently-Abled Farmers Integrate Digital Technology, Aim To Set Example For Others — Global Issues

Differently-Abled Farmers Integrate Digital Technology, Aim To Set Example For Others — Global Issues

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Rawan Bo-khuntod (left) and another farmer planting seedlings. Credit: Pattama Kuentak/IPS by Pattama Kuentak (khlong song, thailand) Wednesday, July 06, 2022 Inter Press Service KHLONG SONG, Thailand, Jul 06 (IPS) – Hidden in Pathumthaini province just outside of Bangkok, 0.24 hectares of land adjacent to Seangsan temple has been turned into…

Recovering Edible Food from Waste Provides Environmental and Social Solutions in Argentina — Global Issues

Recovering Edible Food from Waste Provides Environmental and Social Solutions in Argentina — Global Issues

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Tomasa Chávez, bundled up against the cold of the southern hemisphere winter, works at the Central Market in Buenos Aires, where she was hired in 2021 to separate edible waste that can be recovered. Until then, she went there daily on her own for 30 years to look for food…