Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Danielle Batist* JUBA, Jul 7, 2011 (IPS/Street News Service) – In their hundreds of thousands they have crossed the border, arriving by boat, bus or on foot. After decades of civil war with the north, South Sudanese have come back home to witness the birth of their [...]
ZIMBABWE: Harvesting Water for Food Security
June 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Busani Bafana GWANDA, Zimbabwe, Jun 28, 2011 (IPS) – Earth mounds running across her field hold back the water that Caroline Ndlovu uses to grow maize, pumpkins, beans and watermelons long after the short rainy season in this arid part of Zimbabwe. Ndlovu, a mother of three [...]
Ban Proposed on Export Restrictions that Undermine Food Security
June 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Isolda Agazzi GENEVA, Jun 24, 2011 (IPS) – Egypt has initiated a proposal in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to ban export restrictions on farm products to poor countries that are net food importers. The Group of 20 has also exhorted the upcoming WTO ministerial conference to [...]
Food Price Hike Worsens Poverty in Asia
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, May 1, 2011 (IPS) – An annual meeting of Asian finance ministers and central bank governors in Hanoi is set to address the fate of 64 million people in the region on the brink of extreme poverty. They are the worst affected by soaring [...]
A Table for Nine Billion
April 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Aprille Muscara* WASHINGTON, Apr 14, 2011 (IPS) – As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund convene for their annual Spring Meetings here, soaring food prices are high on the agenda, prompting some analysts to fast-forward to 2050 and the question of how to nourish the mid-century’s [...]
Libya Uprising Hits West’s Dinner Tables
March 31, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Simba Russeau CAIRO, Mar 30, 2011 (IPS) – Linkages between the Libyan uprising and shelling out more money than usual at a local market in the West may not at first seem apparent but the common denominator is oil. Muammar Gaddafi’s grip on power is not [...]
MALI: Early Anxiety Over Price of Grain
March 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Soumaïla T. Diarra BAMAKO, Mar 21, 2011 (IPS) – In the small village of Gwélékoro, 60 kilometres south of the capital, Bamako, the fields are empty now, during the dry season. After a poor harvest, farmers are worried by swiftly rising prices for staple foods like sorghum [...]
INDIA: Tech to the Rescue of School Lunch Model
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Manipadma Jena VRINDAVAN, India, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS) – Surrounded by lush green wheat and yellow flowering mustard fields at Ekdanta primary school, it is noon and the 57 children in two combined classes are fidgety – impatient for the school served midday meal. The hot meals [...]
Eat Chinese, But Eat Safe
March 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mitch Moxley BEIJING, Mar 7, 2011 (IPS) – Despite a greater government effort to monitor food safety in the wake of high profile contamination incidents – including the 2008 melamine milk poisoning scandal that killed six infants and made 300,000 ill – the majority of Chinese still [...]
