University Outreach Project Teaching Tissue Culture to Potato Farmers
Nairobi, Oct 11 (IPS) – World Food Day is celebrated on October 16, 2022, with the theme Leave NO ONE behind. During this week...
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His Zest For Mandarins Soured, Pakistani Producer Turns To Mushrooms
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) – The zesty citrus whiff from the rows of trees boasting unripe kinnow (mandarins) freshens the autumn air in...
Development Banks Should Reform Their Lending Practices
GENEVA, Oct 11 (IPS) – In the last week of September, emerging market (EM) bond fund outflows hit $4.2 billion, according to JP Morgan,...
‘Investing in girls is investing in our common future’: UN chief
In marking the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, the UN chief called the commemoration a celebration of the “lives...
Ukraine: Any threat to use nuclear weapons ‘should be universally condemned’
The door for a diplomatic solution to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine must be kept open, and any threat to use nuclear...
Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year and they risk overwhelming the world’s aid response, unless action is taken to mitigate climate change,...
For her political courage, compassion and decisive action in protecting people forced to flee, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, presented the...
Bangladesh Reaching Out To Global Partners To Transform Agriculture
DHAKA, Oct 10 (IPS) – Bangladeshi businessman Kazi Inam Ahmed is building his dream in a village near Rupsha River in Khulna, southern Bangladesh—to...
Africa, The Looted Continent
MADRID, Oct 10 (IPS) – Africa. The birthplace of “Homo Sapiens.” The land of plenty. The origin of farming. The richest region in terms...
Central Bank Myths Drag down World Economy
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (IPS) – The dogmatic obsession with and focus on fighting inflation in rich countries are pushing the world...
Can restoring land create jobs? These young entrepreneurs are proving it 
How memories may survive hibernation 
Less sugar early in life might decrease dementia risk 
Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger