Archive for September 3rd, 2023

03/09/2023

Six Reasons to Bring Millets to the Market!

By UN Food and Agriculture Organization*

Rich in heritage and full of potential, millets are a sustainable, nutritious and under-valued food source

They were one of the first domesticated plants, but millets have been overshadowed by other grains over the last decades. This year, FAO is celebrating the International Year of Millets to help everyone rediscover the multi-faceted reasons this crop should resurface in our markets and on our tables. ©FAO/Jeanette Van Acker

We may be small, but we are strong. We grow where others cannot. We nurture soils and ecosystems, and we provide nutrition for all.

What are we?

Millets!

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03/09/2023

“One in Five Water Boreholes We Dig Now Is Dry or Unfit for Humans to Drink” – Oxfam

Human Wrongs Watch

By OXFAM International*

Climate-induced water insecurity poses one of the biggest threats to humanity and will lead to more hunger, disease and displacement.

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Climate Change and Water Security. Oxfam‘s report “Water Dilemmas” highlights how a water security crisis, in large part driven by global heating from greenhouse gas emissions, will fuel hunger and disease and force more people to leave their homes. | Photo: Oxfamwash.org

Oxfam water engineers are having to drill deeper, more expensive and harder-to-maintain water boreholes used by some of the poorest communities around the world, more often now only to find dry, depleted or polluted reservoirs. | French Arabic

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03/09/2023

Climate Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

Human Wrongs Watch

Climate justice is not just about survival but also about benefit sharing, reducing inequality and enabling a better society that thrives – Yamide Dagnet, Climate Justice Director at Open Society Foundations

A family shelter on the roof of their small house surrounded by floodwater in Jatrapur Union in Kurigram District, Bangladesh. Credit: Muhammad Amdad Hossain/Climate Visuals

A family shelter on the roof of their small house surrounded by floodwater in Jatrapur Union in Kurigram District, Bangladesh. Credit: Muhammad Amdad Hossain/Climate Visuals

BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Aug 31 2023 (IPS)* – The failure to tackle the climate change crisis is an injustice to the millions who have lost lives and livelihoods through floods, extreme weather, and wildfires, pointing to the urgency of adaptation and mitigation finance, experts say.

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