“Remove corn and beans from NAFTA!” at a 2008 protest in Ciudad Juarez. It has been a longstanding demand the Mexican farmers’ movement. Credit: Enrique Pérez S. Opinion…
Read more The U.S. Assault on Mexico’s Food SovereigntyRt. Hon Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, visited the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu in April to discuss climate justice and witnessed the impacts of Cyclones Judy…
Read more Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal EconomiesEphraim Walters in his fishing shed. The father of nine has been a fisherman for 59 years. Credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS by Zadie Neufville (rocky point, jamaica) Friday, June 02,…
Read more Rocky Point Fishers Await Sanctuary To Ease Environmental Issues, Low Fish CatchHer hands loaded with crates, Susan Quintanilla, a union leader of agro-export workers in the department of Ica in southwestern Peru, gets ready to collect different vegetables and…
Read more Perus Agro-Export Boom Has not Boosted Human DevelopmentDr Paul Kinoti at the JKUAT snail farm, where he is researching the potential of snail slime cough syrup. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Monday, May 29,…
Read more Kenyan Scientists Trend-Setting Research into Health Benefits of SnailsJaggery making on a sugarcane farm in Mandla. Small-scale farmers in India are benefitting from a scheme where they are able to diversify their farms and get support…
Read more How Farmer Producer Organisations Benefit Small Scale Farmers in IndiaManou Gounou, a volunteer trainer for food security, stands with a moringa plant at Gbegourou Epicenter in Benin in 2021. The moringa plant is highly nutritious and The…
Read more World Hunger Day: Renewing Our Commitment to Elevating Women as Change Agents for Ending HungerA man with poached kudu in Kenya. Credit: Richard Moller/Tsavo Trust by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Thursday, May 18, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, May 18 (IPS) – Meat from…
Read more Nothing Beats Bushmeat, Not Even the Risk of DiseaseThe argan tree forest constitutes a vital fodder reserve for all herds even in periods of drought. All parts of the argan tree are edible and very appreciated:…
Read more A Short Tale of a Tree and a Moroccan Wedding PartyNosintu Mcimeli and Bonelwa Nogemane of the Abanebhongo People with Disability (APD) started with an agroecological project to improve food security in South Africa’s Eastern Cape (left). A…
Read more Finding Ways to Feed South Africas Vast Hungry PopulationSeveral human-caused threats lay behind the current annual loss of up to 40% of food crops globally, mainly due to plant pests and the introduction of alien species.…
Read more Unceasing Human Attacks on the Source of 80% of Food, 98% of OxygenAfrica is the continent that has contributed the least (just 2 to 3%) to the causes of the current climate emergencies while bearing the brunt of 82% of…
Read more Of Africa and The Magic Formula of The Italian Taxi DriverA farmer from a women-run vegetable cooperative grows cabbages in Sierra Leone. Credit: FAO/Sebastian Liste Opinion by Danielle Nierenberg, Emily Payne (baltimore, maryland / denver, colorado) Monday, May 01,…
Read more Empowering Women is Key to Breaking the Devastating Cycle of Poverty & Food Insecurity in sub-Saharan AfricaFruit stalls at a local market in Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Tuyen Huynh (hanoi) Thursday, April 20, 2023 Inter Press Service HANOI, Apr 20 (IPS) – This…
Read more What Local Food Challenges and Choices Across Vietnam Reveal About a Global Push for Food Systems TransformationThe Maipo River on its way from the Andes mountain range to the valley of the same name is surrounded by numerous small towns that depend on tourism,…
Read more Chiles Water Vulnerability Requires Watershed and Water ManagementThe 1.23 billion people working in agrifood systems belong to households made up of an estimated 3.83 billion people. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Monday, April 17,…
Read more Livelihoods of Almost Half the Worlds Population Depend on Agrifood SystemsMost vendor tables are empty in the large fresh produce market in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, due to the widespread devastation of food gardens and crops by Cyclones…
Read more Food Shortages Deepen in Cyclone-Devastated VanuatuMalawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs shows that 2.2 million people have been affected, with 676 killed and 538 missing after Cyclone Freddy hit Malawi earlier this month.…
Read more Malawi: Cyclone Freddy Devastates Communities, Farmers, Heightens Food InsecurityA man collects his ration at one of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) collection points. The project, however, has resulted in deaths and injuries as people flocked…
Read more Stampedes as Destitute Throng Pakistans Free Flour Distribution PointsJuma Kiboi displays pre-fermented animal feeds ready to be fed to dairy cows. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (nakuru, kenya) Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Inter Press Service NAKURU,…
Read more Kenyan Entrepreneur Using Organic Microbes to Unlock Hidden Nutrients in Dairy Feeds
