A project of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC
A Joint Media Project of
the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
Na Farai Shawn Matiashe
HARARE | 9 Februari 2024 (IDN) — Wakati mimea ya Peter Mangana ilipokumbwa na ukame zaidi ya muongo mmoja uliopita, alihisi msongo wa mawazo na alitatizika kulisha familia yake katika kijiji cha Bhasikiti huko Mwenezi, kusini mwa Zimbabwe.…
By Rita Joshi
BONN | SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan | 12 February 2024 (IDN) — Unsustainable human activities are jeopardizing the future of migratory species, warns the first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report. Migratory species play an essential role in maintaining the world’s ecosystems, and provide vital benefits, by pollinating plants, transporting key nutrients, preying on pests, and helping to store carbon.…
By Rafiqul Islam Montu
SHYAMNAGAR (SATKHIRA), Bangladesh | 11 February 2024 (IDN) — The new variety of paddy is ‘Charulata’. This paddy is salinity tolerant, can withstand normal winds, and yields well without fertilisers and pesticides. It is effortless to save seeds from this paddy. Due to these reasons, ‘Charulata’ paddy is spreading quickly from one farmer to another. Many people are now planting this paddy. This rice seed has been extended to many more farmers in the last season. The yield has also been good. (P31) Japanese | Korean | Portuguese | Spanish | Turkish…
【シュヤムナガール、バングラデシュ）IDN＝ラフィクル・イスラム・モントゥ】
この新しい水稲品種は「シャルラータ」と呼ばれている。この水稲は塩害に強く、通常の風にも耐え、肥料や農薬を使わなくてもよく収穫できる。また、種子の保存も容易である。このような理由から、「シャルラータ」は農家から農家へと急速に広がっている。昨シーズン、収穫量も良好だった。
バングラデシュ南西部沿岸サトキラ地区シュヤムナガール行政区画チャンディプール村の農民ディリプ・チャンドラ・タラフダール（４５）さんは、災害に強いこの種類の水稲（モンスーン期チャルラタ米）を開発した。この稲の植え付けは６月の最終週から始まり、収穫は１１～１２月にかけて行われる。…
By Farai Shawn Matiashe
HARARE | 9 February 2024 (IDN) — When Peter Mangana’s crops were hit by drought over a decade ago, he felt depressed. He struggled to feed his family in Bhasikiti village in Mwenezi, southern Zimbabwe. (P30) Arabic | Italian | Japanese | Swahili…
【ハラレIDN＝ファライ・ショーン・マティアシェ】
１０年前、ピーター・マンガナさんの作物は干ばつにやられてしまい途方に暮れた。ジンバブエ南部ムウェネジ郡のバシキティ村で彼は家族を養うのに苦労していた。
４９歳のマンガナさんはのちに、自身の問題は気候変動が原因であることに気づき、生きるためにもっと賢くならなければならない、と考えた。…
By Jaya Ramachandran
GENEVA | 8 February 2024 (IDN) — Nearly ten months since the escalation of the conflict in Sudan in April 2023, the humanitarian situation in the country has deteriorated, resulting in the world’s largest displacement crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on the international community to meet 100% of the US$ 178 million funding request for 2024 to meet the health needs of the highly vulnerable target population.…
By Jutta Wolf
BERLIN | 4 February 2024 (IDN) — Socio-economic benefits of between 5 to 10 trillion USD a year are expected to emerge from the transformation of food systems around the world, says a new global policy report produced by leading economists and scientists of the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC).…
By Douglas Okwatch
This report is a slightly modified version of the original published in the January 2024 issue of Africa Renewal.
NAIROBI | 3 February 2024 (IDN) — Digital technologies will be vital in addressing the three persistent problems in Africa’s agricultural industry—inefficiency, exclusivity, and unsustainability, according to the 2023 Africa Agriculture Status Report, “Empowering Africa’s Food Systems for the Future”.…
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