Tag: Food and agriculture

Typhoon Yagi Devastates Southeast Asia — Global Issues

by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, September 19, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) – In early September, Typhoon Yagi, a deadly tropical cyclone, hit Southeast…

Mexican chinampas survive surrounded by threats — Global Issues

Farmer Crescencio Hernández checks seedlings in his chinampa in the San Gregorio Atlapulco collective land, in the Xochimilco municipality, in the south of the extensive metropolitan area of…

Severe Floods in Nigeria Magnify The Dire Humanitarian Crisis — Global Issues

A village in Nigeria that has been flooded due to the collapse of the Alau dam in Maiduguri. Credit: Esty Sutyoko/OCHA by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, September 13,…

Guardians of Mother Earth Saving Mau, Revitalizing Native Lands — Global Issues

Climate Change Exacerbated Flash Floods in Bangladesh — Global Issues

Bangladesh Feni Flood August 2024. People wading through the flood waters, in search of shelter in Feni. Credit: UNICEF/Sultan Mahmud Mukut by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, September 06,…

Tackling Climate Change Will Be a Pyrrhic Victory If We Lose Sight of the Poor — Global Issues

Hostility in the midst of Hunger Escalates in Sudan — Global Issues

President of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis, meets with internally displaced Sudanese civilians at a displacement camp in Juba. During his visit, he met with the President of…

Disease and Climate Stress Resistant Wheat Varieties for Global South — Global Issues

Scientists screen the Indian wheat genetic resources collection in Jaipur, India. by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Monday, August 26, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Aug 26 (IPS) – Groundbreaking research…

Clean Energy Boosts Autonomy for Brazilian Women Farmers

Iná de Cubas next to the biodigester she obtained with the Energy of Women of the Earth project, in the municipality of Orizona, in the Brazilian state of…

China’s summer time durian marketplace heats up as Thailand, Vietnam vie for manage spot

Shipments of unused durians from Thailand to China – the sector’s manage client of the smelly culmination – rebounded in the second one quarter next a let go…

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