04/07/2026 SOURCE: www.ipsnews.net
At Mazimbu village, not far from Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Stephano Jaka still remembers the night he trapped and killed a rat that had been feasting on his maize cobs – stored in a meticulously woven basket designed to protect grains from rodents. “I felt a big sense of relief when I finally […]
Cambodia Unveils Statue Honouring Tanzanian-Born Bomb-Sniffing Rat Magawa
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04/07/2026 SOURCE: www.ipsnews.net
With instability around Iran exposing Japan’s dependence on Middle Eastern oil, Tokyo is deepening ties with Kazakhstan in search of more resilient supply chains, alternative energy routes and renewed cooperation on nuclear disarmament. 
Japan and Kazakhstan Draw Closer as Iran Crisis Reshapes Energy and Security Priorities
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04/07/2026 SOURCE: www.ipsnews.net
As stated in Hamlet, “Thou know’st ’tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. ” Although death is inevitable for all living beings, human mortality, which is expected to reach approximately 64 million individual deaths worldwide in 2026, is not evenly distributed across populations
Inequalities in Human Mortality
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07/13/2022 SOURCE: www.ipsnews.net
Looking into the future, the report projects that at this rate, even with a global economic recovery, around 670 million people will go hungry, or 8% of the world’s population.
The signs of the last few years indicate a continuous setback towards achieving food security
Food Security: We Are Still Going Backwards
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08/19/2021 SOURCE: www.ipsnews.net
Access to water is a constant struggle in Central America, a region with more than 60 million people, many of whom live in rural areas where conditions for good quality water and enough for food produ
Community-Based Solutions Alleviate Water Shortages in Central America – In Pictures
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Agroecology as the Centrepiece of Sustainable Food Systems
The world is facing rising hunger and food insecurity, biodiversity loss and the impacts of a changing climate. Experts are increasingly looking to agroecology for sustainable food production.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Food Security/Shortage,
To Reverse Food Insecurity Build a Climate Resilient Agricultural Sector
The continued increase in food insecurity is making it clear that our current food systems are not resilient. How can we reverse these worrisome trends?
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04/26/2021 SOURCE: www.ipsnews.net
Climate change, while affecting all of us, will be felt by the youth, who do not have an alternative planet. Their voices must be heard, and their ideas incorporated in climate mitigation and adaptation policies
To Effectively Combat Climate Change, Listen and Act on Ideas from the Youth
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Sustainability, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population, Safety (Farm/Production),
International Women’s Day, 2021Removing Barriers to Women’s Leading Role in African Agriculture
Africa’s population will double by 2050 if growth rates continue their trajectory, but the creation of jobs is not keeping pace, with up to five times more young people seeking employment each year
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Topics: Sustainability, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Digitisation Could Transform African Agriculture
Placing an online order for farming inputs saves Velebantfu Dlamini about USD12 in transport fees for a round trip of about 320 kilometres. The 26-year-old vegetable farmer from Nkhungwini in the Shis
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