An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme […]
Read MoreLeonida Odongo, an activist from Kenya’s Haki Nawiri Africa, and Global Development and Environment Institute fellow Dr Timothy Wise agree that Africa’s food systems revolution should not be based on costly imports. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS By Aimable TwahirwaKigali, Sep 12 2022 (IPS) The 2022 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Summit […]
Read MoreCountry: World Sources: International Labour Organization, International Organization for Migration, Walk Free Foundation According to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery Report, forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years. Women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/pasja1000 All along West Africa’s coastline, women play a vital role in the fisheries sector as processors, traders and distributors. But they face many challenges – like job insecurity, a lack of finance, availability of fish and child care – and they’re also vulnerable to shocks, like the COVID pandemic. Simplistic […]
Read MoreOn 31 August 2022, California legislators passed a bill that would ban the sale of agricultural land in the state to foreign governments. Introduced by state Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Fresno), the Food and Farm Security Act aims to protect the state’s agricultural industry from potentially adverse foreign interests, citing a […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/ckstockphoto As temperatures continue to rise worldwide we are losing our ability to make the best use of biomass from crops as a renewable energy source, scientists say. Unless we step up our efforts to embrace bioenergy and other renewables in favor of fossil fuels, we will miss our […]
Read MorePress Briefing: Taking Stock of Global Food Security six months into the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Sep 9, 2022 Sep 9, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 09/09/2022 – 11:26 Press Briefing: Taking Stock of Global Food Security six months into the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Press Briefing: Taking Stock of Global Food Security six months into […]
Read MoreCountry: Myanmar Sources: Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, Save the Children Violent attacks on schools increased to more than 190 in 2021, from 10 in 2020, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack said in a report released on Friday.
Read MoreKaty Rodríguez (R) and her son (in his father’s arms) when they were reunited after leaving the Migrant Assistance Centre in San Salvador following their deportation. Like thousands of other families, mother and son were separated for four months after entering the United States without the proper documents. Credit: Edgardo […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has passed a new law declaring itself a nuclear weapons state in a move leader Kim Jong Un says is “irreversible.”
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