BUENOS AIRES -- "Hace años había mucha agua y crecía todo: papa, cebolla, sandía, melón... Entonces vendíamos frutas y verduras, pero ahora no alcanza ni para una huertita", cuenta Olga González, una...
By Mario Lubetkin ROME, Dec 16 2021 (IPS) - The end of this year has revealed the fragility of food systems when faced with sudden disruptions such as those observed during the COVID-19 pandemic...
By Jan Low WASHINGTON DC, Dec 10 2021 (IPS) - When one in five pre-school children is stunted due to chronic undernutrition, it is clear that global diets urgently need to improve and diversify to...
School meals have a host of benefits, including improving enrollments and preventing malnutrition. Now the School Meals Coalition plans to recruit local food producers to assist in the programme...
New York, Nov 5 2021 (IPS) - After leading a landmark, first-ever all-women mission to Afghanistan last week, Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait, the United Nations global fund for...
By Emilio Godoy **MEXICO CITY, Oct 27 2021 (IPS) **- In September, 31-year-old Yesenia decided to leave her home on the outskirts of the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, driven out by...
By Morounfolu Olugbosi JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21 2021 (IPS)- Before COVID-19 came along, tuberculosis (TB) was a primary focus of health authorities in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2019, approximately 1.4...
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, Australia, Sep 23 2021 (IPS) - Sepesa Curuki and his community are coming to terms with the prospect of relocation from Cogea village on Fiji’s second-largest island of...
By Mario LubetkinMario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ROME, Sep 17 2021 (IPS) - The traumatic events that occurred in...
LIMA – Sequía y un frío inusitado en la calurosa selva central de Perú son dos manifestaciones del cambio climático que este año ha experimentado Aurora Coronado, productora del valle agrícola de La...