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Smallholder farmers from the Global South benefit from a grossly disproportionate 0.3% of international climate finance despite producing a third of the world’s food and despite holding the key to climate-proofing food systems.

News, features and analyses on COP28 from IPS Inter Press Service - News and Views from the Global South

Almost all major river basins in Africa have become the epicentres for conflicts over the last 20 years, and agricultural yields on the continent could drop by up to 50 percent in the coming years owing to the drying up of ‘traditional’ water sources

Women in pastoralist areas of East Africa are critical to the health of livestock in their communities, holding the key to effective animal vaccination campaigns meant to protect herds against deadly diseases.

Until a few years ago, Kenyan potato farmer Richard Mbaria used to harvest just four tonnes of the crop from an acre of land thanks to poor quality seeds, combined with an attack on the crop by pests and diseases.

The degradation of soil, water and air is accelerating across the globe. Numerous solutions have been proposed that could curb or even reverse this problem, which is primarily caused by human (...)

“Almost everyone handling waste on the dump site is sick in some way,” says John Chweya, the president of the Kenyan Waste Pickers Welfare Association. “In my dump in Kisumu [a western port city in (...)

The world saw almost 121 million more confirmed cases in 2021, over 2020. The surge has continued into 2022, with the world recording its highest ever spike in new cases on January 7

Vice-chancellors pledge support to bettering agricultural output The vice-chancellors of 130 African universities are pledging to mobilise resources for continental initiatives that would support human capital development as well as increase Africa’s capability in research, innovation and entrepreneurship with the aim of bettering agricultural productivity. The vice-chancellors, under the umbrella of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, or RUFORUM, are also pl...

NationofChange Ugandan farmers whose land will soon become a crude oil pipeline pathway lose years of livelihood After years of uncertainty, communities are demanding proper compensation from major oil companies who will soon begin construction of a major pipeline through their land. Image Credit: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Isaac Kasamani Three years ago, Alfred Okumu Weki’s land was identified for acquisition by multinational oil companies and the Ugandan government to pave way...