Davos 2023: Climate change leads to more malaria, tuberculosis up in a recession
Davos, SwitzerlandReuters Climate change is increasing malaria infections, the executive director of the world’s biggest health fund said in Davos on Monday. Huge surges in malaria infections followed recent floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique in 2021, said Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. “Whenever […]
UN summit seeks to shape a food system fit for the future
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation People don’t agree on much when it comes to food. But most think how we produce it isn’t working for everyone on the planet, nor for crucial natural systems vital to food production, including soils, water and the climate. In response, an upcoming UN summit on food systems aims to curb […]
Actor Idris Elba launches UN coronavirus fund for poor farmers
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation British actor and filmmaker Idris Elba launched a new United Nations fund on Monday to help farmers in poorer nations, calling on richer economies to provide aid to prevent “needless hunger and suffering” stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Elba and his wife, model and activist Sabrina Dhowre Elba, gave their support […]
UN targets small farm businesses to help poorest producers
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation As harvests fall and hunger rises on a warming planet, the United Nations plans to use new financial tools and work with banks and other partners to help fill a gaping hole in agricultural investment over the next decade. The revamp is part of efforts by the International Fund for Agricultural […]
GENDER: MEN SWEEPING? WOMEN INHERITING? RURAL KENYA SHAKES UP GENDER ROLES
CAROLINE WAMBUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts supporters say are aimed at loosening gender restrictions that hold back economic and social progress…
Tech entrepreneurs seek to shatter stereotypes about women in farming
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation When Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja-Kuye started Nigeria’s first vertical farming company she already had years of experience advising governments under her belt – yet as a woman, she still struggled to be taken seriously. “In the beginning, even my staff, when they first come on board, are more likely to listen to […]
Can WhatsApp and motorbikes protect Africa’s food security?
Thomson Reuters Foundation A motorbike and reliable connectivity to watch football and chat on WhatsApp are the key to keeping young Africans in farming, a senior United Nations official said, as large-scale urban migration threatens food production on the continent. Africa already spends $US35 billion a year on importing food for its growing population despite […]
Global hunger rises for first time in decade – UN agencies
Thomson Reuters Foundation Global hunger levels have risen for the first time in more than a decade, now affecting 11 per cent of the world’s population, as conflict, climate change and economic woes bite, UN agencies said on Friday. Last year, 815 million people were hungry – 38 million more than in 2015 – the […]