Urban agriculture innovations feed Sub-Saharan African cities
As hunger cuts deeper through the divides of urban poverty and human rights in sub-Saharan Africa, innovations in urban agriculture hold promising solutions.
“There is increasing recognition of the urbanization of the world and the role that urban and peri-urban agriculture plays to provide food supplies for the population that is most vulnerable in cities,” Daniel Gustafson, Director of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Liaison Office for North America told MediaGlobal.
Empowered farmers cultivate a new hope for Benin
In the fields of Benin, a green revolution has placed local farmers at the forefront of the battle against malnutrition. With the establishment of Association Béninoise du Moringa (ABM), Beninese farmers have expanded the production and promotion of moringa to nourish the ailing West African nation. Widely acclaimed as a “miracle tree,” moringa is fast-growing [...]
Bringing light to developing areas
In 2010, the use of solar power doubled around the world and is predicted to grow this year by another 25 percent.
How to feed 9 billion people in 40 years
15 October 2010 [MediaGlobal]: Away from the rounds of discussions on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) along with Pavan Sukhdev, Project Leader for the Green Economy Initiative, met with UN Correspondents recently to underscore how investing in clean energy and sustainable [...]
Nepal sets the pace for sustainable energy
Nepal, a landlocked country tucked tightly between China and India, has historically been an underdog in the game of development. But in the race to connect rural communities with electricity, Nepal has surged ahead of the pack. The country’s recent Micro-Hydropower Program (MHP) connected 130,000 Nepalese with sustainable energy.
Cheaper Laptops for Children in Vulnerable Countries
By Jackie Jacobsen TUNIS: November 16, 2005 (MEDIAGLOBAL): Millions of children in vulnerable countries are set to benefit from the introduction of the $100 laptop, the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte at the MIT Media Lab. The computer was introduced at the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunis. The computers are [...]
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In a bid to increase awareness of the challenges facing the world’s poorest countries, the United Nations has partnered with MediaGlobal to assist newspaper editors, broadcasters, and owners of media companies in advancing human development by featuring stories that raise international awareness of issues of poverty, disease, and hunger in the most vulnerable countries.
The Global Media Compact aims to assist newspaper editors, broadcasters, and owners of media companies in advancing human development by featuring stories that raise international awareness of issues of poverty, disease, and hunger in the most vulnerable countries in Africa. READ MORE
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