How Bangladesh s Flood-Prone North Is Using Corn to Lift Itself Out of Poverty
Corn needs less water and brings in more money than other staple crops in northern Bangladesh.
By Mosabber Hossain
LALMONIRHAT DISTRICT, Bangladesh, May 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) The people of Shaniazan union, in northern Bangladesh, still remember when a river burst its banks in the early 1990s and engulfed their homes, leaving the land too sandy to grow traditional rice and tobacco crops.
Back then, they desperately struggled to feed their families.
Today, the collection of villages in Lalmonirhat district has a bustling marketplace, well-built homes with TVs inside and solar panels on the roofs, and thriving fields of a crop that pulled the community out of poverty: corn.
Children relax outside a Roman Catholic Church in Pemba city on the northeastern coast of Mozambique on April, 29, 2019. Situated in the heart of this predominantly Muslim but diverse city ravaged by Cyclone Kenneth, the Maria Auxiliadora parish has become a home for nearly 1,000 people displaced by the storm in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s northernmost province.
Nearly 1 Million People Facing Hunger in Mozambique Following Terror Attacks
World Food Programme warns of severe hunger in northern Mozambique as thousands flee the violence.
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Worst Drought in 40 Years Is Sparking Hunger in Angola: WFP
The World Food Programme says the situation isn t expected to improve in the coming months.
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Hunger is on the rise in Angola, which is currently facing its worst drought in 40 years, according to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP).
The country, on the west coast of Southern Africa, is prompting “extreme concern” for the WFP, “given the chronic food insecurity and malnutrition rates in the worst affected areas,” according to WFP spokesperson Tomson Phiri who also highlighted that the situation isn’t expected to improve in the coming months.