Soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo is on target again for Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr. The Saudi government has invested billions of its oil revenues in recent years…
Read more Saudi Arabia Accused of ‘Sportswashing Its Human-Rights RecordYoung woman sips an orange soda and waits for the rain to stop, on the porch of a small country store in a rural village in Bungoma County,…
Read more Soaring Food Prices Leading To Obesity as Well as HungerChef Fatmata Binta. The United Nations has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets to promote their cultivation. Credit: ©FAO/Chef Binta by Paul Virgo (rome) Friday, June 30, 2023…
Read more Celebrity Chefs Enlisted to Put Climate-Hardy Millets Back on the MenuAyan (25) with her daughter Mushtaq (15 months) in the waiting area of the WFP funded Kabasa MAM Health Center. Credit: WFP/Samantha Reinders. by Paul Virgo (rome) Wednesday, June…
Read more Food Beyond the Reach for Millions in Horn of AfricaSeoin Yang (left) and Rosanna Claudia Luzarraga. Credit: Paul Virgo/IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Wednesday, May 03, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 03 (IPS) – When pupils from…
Read more International Cooperation Starts Early in South KoreaThe 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 SystemsThe main newspapers and news programmes do not treat the climate crisis as an emergency, says Greenpeace Italia Spokesperson Giancarlo Sturloni. Credit: Paul Virgo / IPS by Paul…
Read more Crisis? What Crisis? Media Failing to Convey the Urgency of the Climate EmergencyOne of the key virtues of criminalizing ecocide is that it would give a means of redress for the peoples of the Global South who are the biggest…
Read more The Case For Criminalizing EcocideThe loss of soil fertility means that land is now less productive and many cereals, vegetables and fruits are not as rich in vitamins and nutrients as they…
Read more As the Climate Crisis Bites, Soil Needs Doctors TooDon’t Gas Africa protest during COP27. Credit: Don’t Gas Africa by Paul Virgo (rome) Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Dec 14 (IPS) – One of the…
Read more Europes Dash for Gas Presents Pitfalls for AfricaCredit: Parents for Future UK by Paul Virgo (rome) Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Nov 15 (IPS) – Lea is a three-year-old from Mexico who loves…
Read more Leaders Told To Put Kids First at COP27Dr Alice Karanja is a post-doctoral research fellow at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya, where her research focuses on restoration of agricultural landscapes based on…
Read more Farm-Kids-Turned-Scientists Give Back on the Climate-Crisis Front Line
