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It is exactly two years since George Omuodo’s brutal confrontation with fishers from Uganda, which left him hospitalized with a broken arm & bruised ribs. After listening to his ordeal, one wonders where he gets the courage to go back to the lake every day ipsnews.net/2022/07/drones
Our goal is to find a way to encourage the farmers to adopt more digital technologies, says - We can apply the Internet of Things in planting and harvesting processes. All of this should generate more income for both farmers and the community ipsnews.net/2022/07/differ
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Given the inevitability of coexistence, whether under hostile or peaceful conditions, the establishment of a confederation as the ultimate goal would allow both sides to jointly resolve and manage their differences ipsnews.net/2022/07/new-mi
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Kenya has shown great potential in space technology, we should use this opportunity to set up a small-scale domestic space industry. As a country, we need to tap into the bright minds in our universities, says Paul Baki, ipsnews.net/2022/07/drones
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Pakistan: Farmer Muhammad Iqbal, 32, says that although he’s been using a mobile phone since 2017, he was unaware of the various apps that could streamline his work. Today he buys seeds, fertilizers and pesticides online via his bank’s app ipsnews.net/2022/07/entrep
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Hidden in Pathumthaini province, just outside of Bangkok, in Thailand, 0.24 hectares of land adjacent to Seangsan temple has been turned into an urban vegetable farm managed by members of the Association of the Physically handicapped of Pathumthani ipsnews.net/2022/07/differ
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50 years ago, rich nations promised 0.7% of their gross national income as development aid. But total ODA from rich OECD members has barely exceeded half the promised amount - estimated 50 years of unkept promises meant a $5.7 trillion aid shortfall ipsnews.net/2022/07/aid-po
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We need responses that fundamentally change what determines sustainable development outcomes. Instead of treating our current energy, food & human security crises as distinct we must address their interlinkages write , , ipsnews.net/2022/07/achiev
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Nelson Mandela International Day - Today, the world honours a giant of our time; a leader of unparalleled courage and towering achievement; and a man of quiet dignity and deep humanity, says UN chief #MandelaDay ipsnews.net/2022/07/xenoph
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Our goal is to find a way to encourage the farmers to adopt more digital technologies, says - We can apply the Internet of Things in planting and harvesting processes. All of this should generate more income for both farmers and the community ipsnews.net/2022/07/differ
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India and China have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over a billion people each. But as the world’s population reaches the 8.0 billion mark, come November, India is projected to surpass China ipsnews.net/2022/07/india-
Pakistan: Agricultural entrepreneurs bring the digital age to farm families, offering apps & digital tools so they can work ‘smarter.’ For example, updated price information, access to tutorials on applying fertilizers or repairing equipment ipsnews.net/2022/07/entrep
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Long a means for powerful nations to influence developing countries, development finance has gained renewed significance in the new Cold War. Unlike during the US-Soviet Cold War, the rivalry now is between mixed market capitalist systems ipsnews.net/2022/07/aid-po
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Hidden in Pathumthaini province, just outside of Bangkok, in Thailand, 0.24 hectares of land adjacent to Seangsan temple has been turned into an urban vegetable farm managed by members of the Association of the Physically handicapped of Pathumthani ipsnews.net/2022/07/differ
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Public-Private Partnerships incur contingent fiscal risks, distort national priorities, favour private investors & worsen debt crises. They have also not improved equity of access, reduced poverty or enhanced sustainability, write Anis Chowdhury & ipsnews.net/2022/07/aid-po
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We need responses that fundamentally change what determines sustainable development outcomes. Instead of treating our current energy, food & human security crises as distinct we must address their interlinkages write , , ipsnews.net/2022/07/achiev
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In 2021 nearly 2.3 billion people were moderately or severely food insecure: 350 million more than before COVID-19 -- 924 million people faced severe levels of food insecurity, a figure that increased by 207 million in just two years, writes ipsnews.net/2022/07/food-s
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The search for food among the Market’s waste was spurred by the economic crisis & the pandemic - “We realized very quickly that there was a lot of merchandise in good condition that was discarded for commercial reasons but could be recuperated" ipsnews.net/2022/07/recove
The signs of the last few years indicate a continuous setback towards achieving #FoodSecurity. World hunger in 2021 reached 828 million people, an increase of 46 million from 2020 & 150 million since the start of the pandemic, writes ipsnews.net/2022/07/food-s
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Land transportation absorbs 30% of the total energy consumed by Chile & the greenhouse gases it generates represent 17-25% of the total. Electromobility is perhaps the most important tool for achieving carbon neutrality, says Luciano Ahumada, ipsnews.net/2022/07/made-c
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For 30 years, Tomasa Chávez visited the Central Market of Buenos Aires & rummaged through the fruits & vegetables that the stallholders discarded, in search of food. Now she has been hired to recover food as part of a formal program launched by the market ipsnews.net/2022/07/recove
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IPS tracks progress and obstacles in the effort toward the #SDGs. Check out the latest issue of our weekly newsletter #GlobalGoals #Agenda2030 146128.web.tstes.net/campaign/htmlv
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Hidden in Pathumthaini province, just outside of Bangkok, in Thailand, 0.24 hectares of land adjacent to Seangsan temple has been turned into an urban vegetable farm managed by members of the Association of the Physically handicapped of Pathumthani ipsnews.net/2022/07/differ
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The Kashmir region has had numerous extreme weather occurrences in the last ten years, including floods, frequent cloudbursts, heat waves, droughts, landslides, and early snowfalls. In Kashmir’s climate history, such occurrences were never typical ipsnews.net/2022/07/soarin
We need responses that fundamentally change what determines sustainable development outcomes. Instead of treating our current energy, food & human security crises as distinct we must address their interlinkages write , , ipsnews.net/2022/07/achiev
More than 60% of the world’s adult labour force –or about 2 billion workers– work in the informal economy. They are not recognised, registered, regulated or protected under labour legislation and social protection, reports ipsnews.net/2022/07/hundre
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which dates back to the mid-1940s, is one of the longest military confrontations defying a permanent solution – even as it continues to be on the agenda of the United Nations ipsnews.net/2022/07/new-mi
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The soaring temperatures in India’s northern state of Kashmir are proving calamitous for its farming community. The heat wave has left most of the water canals dead & dry, plunging the already conflict-torn region into a frightening agrarian crisis ipsnews.net/2022/07/soarin
Land transportation absorbs 30% of the total energy consumed by Chile & the greenhouse gases it generates represent 17-25% of the total. Electromobility is perhaps the most important tool for achieving carbon neutrality, says Luciano Ahumada, ipsnews.net/2022/07/made-c
Asia is the largest garment manufacturer in the world. Despite increase in real wages for most workers, their working conditions have remained poor and characterised by widespread informality and vulnerability ipsnews.net/2022/07/hundre
Electric Buses, Another Stride Towards Electromobility in Chile - Quality transportation is fundamental for people to leave their cars parked & opt for more efficient modes, which will make Santiago an environmentally friendly city, says ipsnews.net/2022/07/made-c
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Buenos Aires: People look for food in a container of discarded products at the Central Market, where more than 100,000 tons of fruits & vegetables are sold every month. With the recovery program, the Market seeks to provide environmental & social solutions ipsnews.net/2022/07/recove
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In Chile, the National Electromobility Strategy aims for 100% of the public transport vehicle fleet and 40% of private cars to be electric by 2050. By 2035, internal combustion engine cars will no longer be sold in the country ipsnews.net/2022/07/made-c
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The Waste Reduction & Recovery Program, , in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is based on two main ideas: to use food fit for consumption for social assistance & the rest for the production of compost or organic fertilizer to promote agroecology ipsnews.net/2022/07/recove
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which dates back to the mid-1940s, is one of the longest military confrontations defying a permanent solution – even as it continues to be on the agenda of the United Nations ipsnews.net/2022/07/new-mi
Indigenous Peoples Must Continue To Challenge Human Rights Violations: PODCAST ipsnews.buzzsprout.com/1796058/109139
Land transportation absorbs 30% of the total energy consumed by Chile & the greenhouse gases it generates represent 17-25% of the total. Electromobility is perhaps the most important tool for achieving carbon neutrality, says Luciano Ahumada, ipsnews.net/2022/07/made-c
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The manufacture in Chile of an electric bus christened Queltehue, a bird native to the country, is another step towards electromobility in the fight against pollution that triggers frequent environmental crises & smog emergencies in Santiago & other cities ipsnews.net/2022/07/made-c
