Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 27, 2010 (IPS) – Asia’s search for ways to feed over one billion new mouths in the next 40 years is prompting experts to call for renewed faith in its wide network of irrigation systems in order to ensure adequate food production. This [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Growth and Social Inclusion Must Be Linked to Fight Hunger
October 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Oct 13, 2010 (IPS) – The concept that the state plays a key role in overcoming chronic hunger is not a new one. But the latest figures from Latin America show that more public money and social programmes alone are ineffective solutions. Some 600,000 [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Hunger Feeds More Hunger
January 22, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Paul Virgo ROME, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS) – German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was way off the mark when he wrote the famous line "what does not destroy me, makes me stronger" – at least when it comes to hunger. Every six seconds a child is killed by hunger [...]
DEVELOPMENT: To Grab, Or To Invest
November 18, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Analysis by Paul Virgo ROME, Nov 18 (IPS) – The World Food Security Summit in Rome this week opened up a dispute between what may be investment in farmland to some, but is seen as land grab by others. There has been widespread alarm at a recent acceleration in [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Hunger Summit’s Failure Exposes Grim Reality
November 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Paul Virgo ROME, Nov 17 (IPS) – There are two main ways the flop of this week’s United Nations World Food Security Summit in Rome – which has been snubbed by the world’s top leaders, has failed to deliver binding aid commitments, or to set a target date [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Hunger Summit Passes Toothless Declaration
November 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Paul Virgo ROME, Nov 16 (IPS) – Fears that the United Nations World Food Security Summit would fail to deliver effective measures to defeat hunger were borne out Monday when world leaders and government officials approved a toothless declaration on the first day. The UN Food and Agriculture [...]
DEVELOPMENT: More Than a Billion Going Hungry
October 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (IPS) – The global economic crisis has led to an historic increase in hunger and undernourishment in the world’s poorest countries, with broad consequences for political security and stability, according to two reports released for World Food Day, observed Friday. More than a billion [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Rome, Food Capital of the World – Part 1
October 3, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Miren Gutierrez* and Oriana Boselli ROME, Oct 3 (IPS) – It was once true that all roads led to this ancient capital. Today it is the furrows of maize, wheat and rice fields that take you to Rome, where the biggest global food organisations are headquartered, and the [...]
