International
Colombia: Climate-Smart Village Cauca: An Example of Agricultural and Social Transformation
Apr 5, 2019
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Lauren Sarruf Romero, Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security
The transformative process involved in implementing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices can be well observed in the villages of Los Cerrillos and El Danubio in the…
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Says 90% of Military-Acquired Land of Tamils Released
Apr 5, 2019
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Times of India
The Sri Lankan government has released about 90% of the military-acquired land belonging to the minority Tamil community held during the brutal civil war with…
Colombia: ICC Asked to Formally Investigate Mass Killings of Social Leaders in Colombia
Apr 5, 2019
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Emily Hart, Colombia Reports
Human rights defenders from Colombia and Europe formally asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the ongoing killing of social leaders in the South…
Myanmar: Myanmar Villagers Protest Chinese Plans for Land along Pipeline Route
Apr 5, 2019
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Radio Free Asia
Burmese farmers barred for five years from planting crops along the route of a Chinese oil and gas line are protesting new requests by an…
Afghanistan: Solving the Afghanistan Food Crisis
Apr 5, 2019
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Boren Magazine
Afghanistan is facing a multi-pronged crisis. Due to the conflicts, drought and frequent natural disasters in the region, humanitarian aid is desperately needed for more than 6.3…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Farmers Fighting a Losing Battle
Apr 4, 2019
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ASEAN Post
When the National League of Defence (NLD) won the general elections in 2015, paving the way for Myanmar’s first non-military president in over half a…
Colombia: Indigenous Leaders Decry Colombia’s Deadly Crackdown on Land Protesters
Apr 4, 2019
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
Indigenous groups in southwestern Colombia have since March 10 mobilized mass protests, known as minga, to demand a meeting with President Iván Duque over his…
Afghanistan: Celebrating 17 Years of Turning Minefields into Vineyards
Apr 4, 2019
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USAID
Representatives from the U.S. government, the Afghan government, and the international community commemorated Landmine Awareness Day. Deputy Minister Mohammed Qaseem Haidari and Heidi Kuhn, the…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Most Vulnerable Women
Apr 4, 2019
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Ritu Mahendru
Kuchis, traditionally nomadic communities, are considered to be one of the poorest and most marginalized groups in Afghanistan. Over the centuries, Kuchis, whose numbers are…
South Sudan: South Sudan, Where a Water Crisis is Leading to Child Kidnappings and Rape
Apr 4, 2019
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Bel Trew
For a split second it looked like the young South Sudanese woman and her baby, swaddled in a cloth-carrier on her back, were taking a…
Libya: The Impact of the Crisis on Agriculture - Key Findings from the 2018 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment
Apr 4, 2019
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Conflict, political instability and insecurity have fuelled the crisis in Libya, impacting individuals and families as well as the country’s economy and institutions. Resulting waves…
Syria: European Union Supports Integrated Agricultural Practices to Boost the Resilience of Farmers in the Syrian Arab Republic
Apr 4, 2019
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Strengthening the resilience of crisis-affected people in the Syrian Arab Republic is a goal shared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…
Iraq: Basra Votes in Favour of Being Autonomous Region in Iraq
Apr 3, 2019
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Middle East Monitor
The Basra provincial council unanimously voted on Monday to turn the oil-rich southern governorate into an autonomous region. Head of the Basra provincial council, Sabah…
Myanmar: Nowhere to Go: Myanmar Farmers under Siege from Land Law
Apr 3, 2019
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Jacob Goldberg, Al Jazeera
Han Win Naung is accused of violating the Vacant, Fellow and Virgin (VFV) Lands Management Law which requires anyone living on land categorised as "vacant, fallow,…
Ten Years after the Global Food Crisis, Rural Women Still Bear the Brunt of Poverty and Hunger
Apr 3, 2019
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Oxfam
The “Global Report on Food Crises”, released today by the Food Security Information Network, says that more than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced…
Myanmar: The Importance of Saving Biodiversity in Karen State in 2 Interviews
Apr 2, 2019
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Scott Ezell, Diplomat
Below are excerpts from two interviews – one with a local conservation activist and the other with an academic — on conserving both biodiversity and…
Myanmar: Women Play a Crucial Role in Building Peace in Myanmar
Apr 2, 2019
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Peace Science Digest
Since the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) in 2000, the international community has devoted a great deal of attention to the…
Colombia: 'Defending Our Existence': Colombian Tribe Stands in Way of Oil Exploration
Apr 2, 2019
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David Hill, Guardian
Behind Pablo Maniguaje stands his village’s meeting room, where a gathering has just finished. Talk was of only one thing: proposals by the Colombian subsidiary…
Myanmar: Defending Myanmar's Remaining Environmental Treasures
Apr 2, 2019
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Scott Ezell, Diplomat
Despite being engaged in a civil war with the central government for most of the past 70 years, today the ethnic communities of Myanmar’s Karen…
Coalition Celebrates a Decade of Turning Veterans into Farmers
Apr 2, 2019
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Anne Ternus-Bellamy, Davis Enterprise
The Farmer Veteran Organization coalition provides small grants to veterans who are in their beginning years of farming and ranching as well as mentoring and…
Angelina Jolie Says Gender Equality Is the Secret to World Peace
Apr 1, 2019
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Erica Sanchez and Leah Rodriguez
Angelia Jolie is urging the world to support gender equality to promote world peace.
The actress and United Nations special envoy delivered a speech at the…
Afghanistan: A Key to Peace in Afghanistan? Consider Conservation, Says One Scientist
Mar 31, 2019
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Ashley Westerman, NPR
Snow leopards and Marco Polo sheep have not been on the agenda for peace talks involving the Taliban, U.S. officials and Afghan opposition figures. But…
Middle East: The Middle East’s Authoritarians Have Come for Conservationists
Mar 30, 2019
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Peter Schwartzstein, Atlantic
Across the Middle East and North Africa, environmentalists are coming under attack like never before. Conservation NGOs have been closed or so suffocated that they’re…
Afghanistan: Small Pine Nuts, Great Friendship
Mar 30, 2019
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
On March 28th, I, accompanying H.E. President Ghani, attended the launching ceremony of a pine nut processing factory in Kabul Industrial Park. The pine nuts,…
Afghanistan: First-Ever Pine Nut Processing Factory Activated in Kabul
Mar 29, 2019
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Afghanistan Times
The government of Afghanistan has inaugurated for the first time-ever a pine nut processing factory in Kabul on Thursday, where President Ashraf Ghani and over…
Colombia/Peru: Native Protests Affect Regions of Colombia and Peru
Mar 29, 2019
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Renzo Pipoli, United Press International
Native protests over land rights in Colombia spread Friday while natives in Peru clashed with officials over pollution at a copper mine. In southwest Colombia,…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Accuses Vietnam of Illegal Fishing, Dismisses Compensation claim
Mar 29, 2019
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Mark Godfrey, Seafood Source
China has dismissed a request from the Vietnamese government for USD 130,000 (EUR 116,000) compensation for the sinking of a Vietnamese trawler in disputed waters…
Nigeria: Farmers/Herders Clash: Stakeholders Proffer Solutions
Mar 28, 2019
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Donald Iorchird, Blueprint
Just when everyone thought that the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen has died down in many parts of the country, the incidence has resurfaced…
Afghanistan: Ten Million Afghans Face Severe Hardship after Extreme Weather
Mar 28, 2019
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Ten million people in Afghanistan – more than a quarter of its population – face severe acute food insecurity and need urgent help after floods…
Afghanistan/India: Who’s Interested in Afghanistan’s Lithium?
Mar 27, 2019
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Hindol Sengupta, Fortune India
In the last few years, one bright spot in the Indian economy has been the soaring growth of the mobile phone manufacturing industry. India is…