Fires burn out of control in Peru, hitting crops and archaeological sites
Lima, Peru Reuters Peruvian authorities scrambled to roll out a plan to fight fires raging out of control across the nation, razing crops, damaging archaeological treasures and leaving several regions in a state of disaster on Thursday. Firefighters said battling the blazes has grown increasingly difficult. “We’re tired,” said a volunteer firefighter in the forests […]
Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with home-grown innovations
From South African soldier fly farms to Kenyan AI pest-detectors, local innovators are pushing to make farming climate-resilient. KIM HARRISBERG, of Context, reports…
Swelling deer herd hems in South Korean islanders
Anma Island, South Korea Reuters Under the light of a moon partially obscured by cloud, the eyes of a dozen deer glow uncannily in the dark on South Korea’s island of Anma. They destroy crops and damage trees in their nocturnal wanderings, but by day the spot is deceptively peaceful, though the humans here must […]
Christian leaders in Zimbabwe urge aid for drought-affected
Nairobi, Kenya Christian leaders in Zimbabwe are urging the government, non-government organisations, and well-wishers to intervene by helping millions of residents affected by the prolonged drought. The Southern African nation of more than 16 million people is experiencing an El Nino-induced drought that has scorched crops and left millions hungry. The country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa […]
Zimbabwe goes hungry as crops wither amid El Nino drought
Buhera, Zimbabwe Reuters Residents of the Zimbabwean village of Buhera stood in groups at a primary school waiting to be called by name to receive life-saving handouts of grain, peas and cooking oil. “We are grateful, but the food will only be enough for one month,” said Mushaikwa, 71, who lives with her elderly husband, […]
Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
Nahr-e-Shahi, Afghanistan Reuters In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat out of the arid earth. In the third year of water shortages and high temperatures, his harvest is barely enough to support his family. The 55-year-old farmer from Nahr-e-Shahi district in Balkh province used to plant two or even […]
Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the “skin of the Earth”
ROD NICKEL, AYENAT MERSIE, DAVID STANWAY and XIAOYU YIN, of Reuters, report on how human efforts to preserve soil are proving no match for increasingly extreme weather, which is damaging the living system and depleting its ability to produce food…
From the Field: How can we end hunger?
SOPHIA RUSSELL, of Baptist World Aid Australia, shares Baptist World Aid partners in Kenya are working with communities so they can eat…
Essay: A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for non-food purposes
In an article first published on The Conversation, DEEPAK RAY, a senior scientist at the University of Minnesota, looks at how increasing amounts of crops are being used for uses other than food and how that’s impacting to push to end global hunger…
Big bucks: Drought-hit Zimbabweans cut poverty, poaching with larger goats
BUSANI BAFANA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, as extreme weather hurts crops, on a project to breed bigger goats and raise incomes which aims to help communities feed their families without wiping out local wildlife…