I hadn’t visited the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting until it joined forces recently with Global Voices. It is an amazing website overflowing with online journalism about international issues. GV health editor Juhie Bhatia is leading the Global Voices on Food Insecurity project.
The first couple of stories give a taste of what is to come:
The risk posed by a fungus that is deadly to the world's second largest crop, wheat, continues to rise. The killer fungus, called Ug99, causes stem rust disease, which can destroy entire wheat fields.
Global Threat of Wheat Killer Rises
Many solutions have been proposed to help combat hunger in Africa, but one in particular remains controversial: biotechnology.
Africa's Hunger Hardships Spur Biotech Debate
These stories can be found at:
Global Voices on Food Security
The Gateway has other Food projects. According to the Pulitzer website:
The Pulitzer Gateway on Food Insecurity is a place to learn about under-reported, yet critical, global Food issues from around the world. Below are a few of the Food Insecurity projects the Center has supported. The Pulitzer Center invites you to share your own story about this issue too.
- Can Biotechnology Save Africa?
- Paraguay: The Soybean Wars
- The Intersections of Insecurity in Nigeria, India and Malawi
In addition GV has ongoing coverage of the Food Topic from authors around the world.
Spread the news about these two excellent online resources!
THanks for the tip. I’m gonna check ‘em out.
very interesting, I will try to read some of them.. sound really interesting!
One of the great things about Global Voices’ posts is that they are often translated into languages other than English. An example: Afrique: Les problèmes de la faim alimentent les débats sur les biotechnologies Lingua volunteers choose which ones they will do.
Hi Kevin, that’s news! Didn’t notice Pulitzer Center joing forces with Global Voices although am fan of the two on facebook! Thanks for the info.
Recommendation: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. GREAT BOOK RELATED TO THIS ISSUE!
Thanks for the recommendation Andrea - I’ve added it to my wishlist.