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

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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…

With Quality Education, Youth are Empowered with the Green Skills to Save Our Planet — Global Issues

With Quality Education, Youth are Empowered with the Green Skills to Save Our Planet — Global Issues

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Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Saturday, August 12, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 12 (IPS) – International Youth Day Statement by ECW Executive Director Yasmine SherifTo save our people and our planet from the life-threatening risks of the climate crisis, we must invest in the education of today’s…

‘Passion Seeds’ Fertilize Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast — Global Issues

‘Passion Seeds’ Fertilize Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast — Global Issues

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Ligoria Felipe dos Santos poses for a photo on her agroecological farm that mixes corn, squash, fruits, vegetables and medicinal herbs. She is part of the women’s movement that is trying to prevent the installation of wind farms in the Borborema mountain range, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Paraíba….

The Dark Side of Wind and Solar Farms as Sustainable Energy in Brazil — Global Issues

The Dark Side of Wind and Solar Farms as Sustainable Energy in Brazil — Global Issues

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A view of the Canoas Wind Farm, owned by Neoenergia, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola. Several wind farms with hundreds of turbines have already been built in the mountains of the Seridó mountain range, which vertically cross the state of Paraíba, in the Northeast region of Brazil, and are…

Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast — Global Issues

Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast — Global Issues

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Eronildes da Silva proudly stands next to a bunch of bananas on his farm, whose large size is the result, he says, of the effective fertilizer of reusing waste water. In addition to farming, he drives a school bus and builds rainwater tanks in Afogados da Ingazeira, in Brazil’s semiarid…

Biodigesters Boost Family Farming in Brazil — Global Issues

Biodigesters Boost Family Farming in Brazil — Global Issues

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Lucineide Cordeiro loads manure from her two oxen and two calves into the “sertanejo” biodigester that produces biogas for cooking and biofertilizer for her varied crops on the one-hectare agroecological farm she manages on her own in the rural municipality of Afogados da Ingazeira, in the semiarid ecoregion of northeastern…

Can the General Assembly Tackle the ClimateSecurity Challenge? — Global Issues

Can the General Assembly Tackle the ClimateSecurity Challenge? — Global Issues

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The UN General Assembly in session. Credit: UN Photo Opinion by Florian Krampe, Adam Day (stockholm, sweden) Thursday, June 22, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jun 22 (IPS) – The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives….

Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy — Global Issues

Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy — Global Issues

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A picture of photovoltaic panels in the solar park in the small town of Armstrong, in the Pampa region, the heart of Argentina’s agricultural production. The park belongs to an electric cooperative, which until 2017 only bought energy to distribute, but now generates electricity as well. CREDIT: FARN by Daniel…