Mankind⤙s future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing climate, warns a new United Nations⤙ report. Though very real and significant progress in reducing global hunger has been achieved over the past 30 years, ⤽expanding food production and economic growth [...] The post Humankind⤙s Ability to Feed Itself, Now in Jeopardy appeared first on iCrowdNewswire.
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Joseph Chamie is an independent consulting demographer and a former director of the United Nations Population Division. The post The Rise of One-Person Households appeared first on iCrowdNewswire.
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Mudasir Ahmad says that two decades ago, his father made a prophecy that the lake would vanish after the fish in its waters started dying. Three years ago, he found dead fish floating on the surface, making him worried about its fate. Like his father, Ahmad, 27, is a boatman on Kashmir⤙s famed Nigeen Lake, [...] The post Shrinking and Darkening, the Plight of Kashmir⤙s Dying Lakes appeared first on iCrowdNewswire.
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