Agriculture Archives - Page 5 of 8

Caritas to launch global wave of prayer to end hunger

29/11/2013 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Asia, Climate Change, Europe, Food, Food waste, Health, Latin America, Malnutrition, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Oceania by Caritas Communications

The Caritas confederation will launch a global “wave of prayer” to promote an end to world hunger on 10th December. It marks the beginning of the Caritas anti-hunger campaign, One Human Family, Food For All. The wave starts on the island of Samoa and will sweep across the globe involving Caritas organisations and many other people on all continents.

One human family, food for all

10/11/2013 Advocacy, Agriculture, Climate Change, Food, Food waste, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

Caritas believes that it is a scandal that nearly a billion people are hungry today in a world that has the resources to feed everyone.

International Women’s Day: making the field level

7/03/2013 Advocacy, Agriculture, Development, Female face of migration, Food, Malnutrition, Migration by Caritas Communications

Caritas is marking International Women’s Day on 8 March by celebrating the work of women farmers around the world.

Caritas dialogues with FAO and the EU about agroecology at COP18

5/12/2012 Agriculture, Blog, Food by Caritas Communications

On Wednesday, November 27th, a coalition made of CIDSE, the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), Misereor and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) held a public seminar (“side event”) at the Qatar National Convention Centre.

Mongolia goes to Doha

26/11/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Asia, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Mongolia by Caritas Communications

Even though – in the eyes of climate change decision-makers - the problems of Mongolia may not even amount to 1% of the world’s climate change issues, they are gradually worsening. On the ground, Caritas Mongolia intervenes by implementing a Food Security Project introducing Passive Solar Greenhouses, absorbing natural solar warming and releasing it to the vegetables.

Keeping faith in the climate talks

23/11/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Blog, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

As the international climate negotiations re-open in Doha, should we keep faith in the possibility of a successful outcome despite the difficulties of brokering a deal among 194 countries?

Caritas discusses the politics of agriculture in Doha

1/11/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Blog, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

Agriculture – namely, small-scale farming and organic farming – is at the heart of the Caritas work on food security and food safety in many developing countries.

Green is the colour of hope in Chad

30/10/2012 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Chad, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

West Africa's Sahel region faced devastating hunger in 2012 after drought left a huge swathe of countries short of food.

Gaba’s fields: drought relief in Chad

30/10/2012 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Chad, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

This year Gaba is fully engaged with the emergency assistance project of Caritas Switzerland and UNAD (Caritas Chad) that helps people from several regions of Chad who are severely affected by the drought. Help is mainly provided in form of food and new seeds.

New challenges for the people of Lake Chad

30/10/2012 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Chad, Climate Change, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

Balama was a village once located on the shores of Lake Chad, in the east of the county. Since the 1960s, the lake has been greatly reduced. A changing climate and uncontrolled use of water for irrigated agricultures combined with population pressure, has led to the receding of the lake to 10 percent of its original surface.