CUBA: Food Security Focus of New UN Programmes
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Patricia Grogg
HAVANA, Oct 29 (IPS) – Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country.
”Thanks to the joint work of the international community, the United Nations [...]
DEVELOPMENT: A ‘Great Persuasion’ Gets Under Way
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Sanjay Suri
LONDON, Oct 15 (IPS) – They are calling it ‘The Great Persuasion’ in Britain as millions prepare around the world to stand up for action against poverty.
The persuasion will be targeted at 200 members of parliament. As part of the Global Call to [...]
WATER-ZIMBABWE: New Wells Protect Environment, Build Peace
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By Vusumuzi Sifile
SHAMVA, Zimbabwe , Oct 15 (IPS) – Twenty years ago, Isaac Chidavaenzi would worry when his neighbours set up vegetable gardens on river banks, trying to get closer to water sources. The number of gardens on the rivers’ banks has now decreased, but [...]
Q&A: Small Sugar Farmers Not so Sweet on End of Sugar Protocol
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Nasseem Ackbarally interviews SALIL ROY, sugar farmer and leader of the Planters’ Reforms Association in Mauritius
PORT LOUIS, Oct 14 (IPS) – The Sugar Protocol enabling developing world sugar farmers to produce for the European market over the past 34 years ended on Sep 30. Among [...]
EUROPEAN UNION: ‘Giving With One Hand, Taking With the Other’
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By Peter Dhondt
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (IPS) – "EU policies continue to undermine the economic, social and human development of developing countries" despite repeated commitments in treaties and declarations, a group of European NGOs said in a report published Wednesday.
Efforts are being made to prevent [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Meeting MDGs ”Not Rocket Science”
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Andrea Bordé
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) – Achieving an ambitious set of anti-poverty benchmarks will take much more financing from rich countries, Jeffrey Sachs, the special advisor to the U.N. secretary-general on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), warned Monday.
There is currently no budgetary plan [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Hunger Hurts Also the Well-Fed
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By Paul Virgo
ROME, Oct 12 (IPS) – Ask food experts whether it is in the interest of well-fed people in wealthy countries to fight hunger, and most will say: Yes. But ask whether we should tell them, and the answer you are likely to get [...]
PHILIPPINES: Like Men, Women Aim to Put Food on the Table
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Stephen de Tarczynski
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines, Oct 9 (IPS) – Despite experiencing an unsuccessful first foray into the world of commerce, the members of the Canduman Women’s Co-operative (CWC) remain focused on producing a profit to aid their families’ day-to-day living expenses.
Established in September 2008, the women-only CWC [...]
ENVIRONMENT: Developing Nations Refuse to Ditch Kyoto Protocol
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By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Oct 9 (IPS) – As the countdown continues towards a United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, a seemingly intractable tussle between negotiators from the developing and developed world has begun to take shape over international commitments to slash greenhouse [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Rural India Set to Ring in 3G Mobile Technology
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By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (IPS) – As India prepares to roll out third-generation (3G) mobile services in the world’s fastest growing telecom market, there are high expectations that it will benefit people in the vast, impoverished rural hinterland most.
"In the same way [...]
