Samoan Breadfruit Makes a Splash in the Caribbean
Dr. Diane Ragone, director of the Breadfruit Institute, holds a flat of tiny Ma’afala breadfruit trees before shipping overseas. Credit: Jon Letman/IPS KAUAI, Hawaii, Jun 7 2012 (IPS)…
Leprosy Detection With a Personal Touch
Coalition of Leprosy Associations of the Philippines (CLAP) community outreach organisers Jennifer Quimno (left) and Michelle Ann Oreo (right). Credit: Ben Kritz/IPS MANILA, Mar 3 2019 (IPS) –…
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
Oct 29 2020 – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there…
Finding Ways to Feed South Africa’s Vast Hungry Population
Nosintu Mcimeli and Bonelwa Nogemane of the Abanebhongo People with Disability (APD) started with an agroecological project to improve food security in South Africa’s Eastern Cape (left). A…