Unleashing Africa’s Potential for Achieving SDGs — Global Issues

Unleashing Africa’s Potential for Achieving SDGs — Global Issues

Opinion by Antonio Pedro (addis ababa, ethiopia) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service While the challenges associated with achieving the 2030 Agenda remain complex, the slow progress in Africa is, fortunately, redeemable. Africa possesses abundant assets to achieve the SDGs. The challenge lies in effectively harnessing these resources to turn…

Digging Africa Deeper into Hunger<br>Annual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture

Digging Africa Deeper into Hunger<br>Annual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture

Opinion by Timothy A. Wise (cambridge, ma.) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Inter Press Service CAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 29 (IPS) – As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum,…

Empowering Asias Farming Communities through Inclusive Business — Global Issues

Empowering Asias Farming Communities through Inclusive Business — Global Issues

Credit: Safe Harvest Opinion by Sharon Behn, Ignacio Blanco (bangkok, thailand) Monday, August 28, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 28 (IPS) – When Lisa Huyen first set up her company, Vinasamex, which specializes in certified organic cinnamon and star anise grown in the mountainous and poorer provinces of Viet…

A Plea for a UN Summit on the Global Food Crisis — Global Issues

A Plea for a UN Summit on the Global Food Crisis — Global Issues

Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, August 25, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) – A coalition of civil society organizations, (CSOs), including climate activists, anti-poverty campaigners and celebrity chefs, are among those calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders on the global food crisis during…

Strengthening Partnerships for Sustainable Progress — Global Issues

Strengthening Partnerships for Sustainable Progress — Global Issues

Ahunna Eziakonwa Opinion by Ahunna Eziakonwa (tokyo, japan) Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Inter Press Service TOKYO, Japan, Aug 23 (IPS) – At this year’s G7 summit in Japan, global leaders emphasized the importance of unity as the world navigates grave threats to multilateralism. The message was clear – trusted global platforms…

Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People — Global Issues

Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People — Global Issues

Enrique Hernández Pando Opinion by Enrique Hernandez Pando (madrid, spain) Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Spain, Aug 22 (IPS) – Enrique Hernández Pando is Executive Director, Commercial Development & Impact, GALVmedEl Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of…

Strategies to Safeguard Crop Production Amidst Extreme Weather Events — Global Issues

Strategies to Safeguard Crop Production Amidst Extreme Weather Events — Global Issues

There is an urgent need to have actionable strategies to help strengthen plants and agricultural resilience to drought, heat waves, elevated temperatures, flooding, extreme precipitation, and insect outbreaks. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, USA, Aug 18 (IPS)…

Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change — Global Issues

Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change — Global Issues

Togotia, a forgotten African leafy vegetable, has found its way back into markets as its high nutritional value could help address food security. CREDIT: Egerton University by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Aug 16 (IPS) – Kenya’s fight for food security may have just gone…

Political Will and Investment Will Score the Goal for Zero Hunger — Global Issues

Political Will and Investment Will Score the Goal for Zero Hunger — Global Issues

IFAD says investing in smallholder farmers is key to tackling food insecurity or severe food and nutritional insecurity. CREDIT: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, August 14, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Aug 14 (IPS) – A world free from hunger is possible, but it demands political will, investment, and…

Disappearing Fish Spell Hard Times for Women in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Disappearing Fish Spell Hard Times for Women in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Overfishing is harming the informal traders who rely on it for income. CREDIT: Marko Phiri/IPS by Marko Phiri (bulawayo, zimbabwe) Thursday, August 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Aug 10 (IPS) – Zimbabwe’s ballooning informal sector has, in recent years, spawned the over-exploitation of the country’s natural resources, with the…