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What do humanitarians see when we look back over 2023?

  • We’ve seen some gains to improve the humanitarian system so that in the future, fewer people will need our help, but we feel the
Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | December 28, 2023
There was significant progress toward improving the humanitarian system in 2023 when Canada passed Bill C-41, enabling us to send aid to Afghanistan for the first time in almost three years, writes Paul Hagerman. UN photograph by Eric Kanalstein

What do humanitarians see when we look back over 2023?

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | December 28, 2023
  • We’ve seen some gains to improve the humanitarian system so that in the future, fewer people will need our help, but we feel the

What do humanitarians see when we look back over 2023?

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | December 28, 2023
  • We’ve seen some gains to improve the humanitarian system so that in the future, fewer people will need our help, but we feel the
There was significant progress toward improving the humanitarian system in 2023 when Canada passed Bill C-41, enabling us to send aid to Afghanistan for the first time in almost three years, writes Paul Hagerman. UN photograph by Eric Kanalstein

Inclusive and resilient global agriculture systems can address climate crisis and COVID recovery

  • Global hunger has been rising since 2015, and food producers are hardest hit. Erratic weather is making it harder to produce food. Gender inequality
Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN, VIRGINIE LEVASSEUR | June 17, 2020
Support for agriculture in developing countries can reduce hunger, empower women, and build climate resilience. Inclusive and resilient agriculture systems will help the world to build back better from the COVID pandemic, write Virginie Levasseur and Paul Hagerman. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Inclusive and resilient global agriculture systems can address climate crisis and COVID recovery

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN, VIRGINIE LEVASSEUR | June 17, 2020
  • Global hunger has been rising since 2015, and food producers are hardest hit. Erratic weather is making it harder to produce food. Gender inequality

Inclusive and resilient global agriculture systems can address climate crisis and COVID recovery

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN, VIRGINIE LEVASSEUR | June 17, 2020
  • Global hunger has been rising since 2015, and food producers are hardest hit. Erratic weather is making it harder to produce food. Gender inequality
Support for agriculture in developing countries can reduce hunger, empower women, and build climate resilience. Inclusive and resilient agriculture systems will help the world to build back better from the COVID pandemic, write Virginie Levasseur and Paul Hagerman. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Untying food aid in Canada: policy matters

  • When Cyclone Idai devastated crops in Mozambique and neighbouring countries in March, humanitarian agencies rushed in to supply food to the cyclone victims, sourcing
Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | May 22, 2019
Food aid, sent from Uganda via South Sudan, is distributed to internally displaced persons living in southeastern Central African Republic in August 2018. Canada fully untied its food aid in 2008. UN photograph by Herve Serefio

Untying food aid in Canada: policy matters

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | May 22, 2019
  • When Cyclone Idai devastated crops in Mozambique and neighbouring countries in March, humanitarian agencies rushed in to supply food to the cyclone victims, sourcing

Untying food aid in Canada: policy matters

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | May 22, 2019
  • When Cyclone Idai devastated crops in Mozambique and neighbouring countries in March, humanitarian agencies rushed in to supply food to the cyclone victims, sourcing
Food aid, sent from Uganda via South Sudan, is distributed to internally displaced persons living in southeastern Central African Republic in August 2018. Canada fully untied its food aid in 2008. UN photograph by Herve Serefio

How much can the private sector do to end world hunger?

  • The private sector is ready, willing, and able to work with governments and non-profits to solve global poverty and hunger.  At least that is
Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | August 7, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's department is overseeing implementation of the International Assistance Innovation Program, aimed at giving the government 'greater flexibility' in its financing partnerships on projects abroad. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How much can the private sector do to end world hunger?

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | August 7, 2018
  • The private sector is ready, willing, and able to work with governments and non-profits to solve global poverty and hunger.  At least that is

How much can the private sector do to end world hunger?

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | August 7, 2018
  • The private sector is ready, willing, and able to work with governments and non-profits to solve global poverty and hunger.  At least that is
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's department is overseeing implementation of the International Assistance Innovation Program, aimed at giving the government 'greater flexibility' in its financing partnerships on projects abroad. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada is missing an opportunity to help women

  • Lillian Wambui has a passion for passionfruit. She runs a successful business selling the nutritious fruit and other excess produce from her farm in
Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | January 17, 2018
Paul Hagerman writes that with Canada’s lacklustre aid levels, and its focus on middle-income countries, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured, and her team are missing out on the chance to improve millions of lives. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada is missing an opportunity to help women

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | January 17, 2018
  • Lillian Wambui has a passion for passionfruit. She runs a successful business selling the nutritious fruit and other excess produce from her farm in

Canada is missing an opportunity to help women

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | January 17, 2018
  • Lillian Wambui has a passion for passionfruit. She runs a successful business selling the nutritious fruit and other excess produce from her farm in
Paul Hagerman writes that with Canada’s lacklustre aid levels, and its focus on middle-income countries, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured, and her team are missing out on the chance to improve millions of lives. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How agricultural research reduces poverty

  • On the dusty backroads of Kenya, farmers with one or two acres of land talked about some of the difficulties they face: a disease
Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | August 10, 2016
Morris Agaba, scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, pictured in 2009. ILRI is tackling livestock-related problems faced by small-scale farmers in Kenya and elsewhere, writes Paul Hagerman. AusAID photograph by Kate Holt

How agricultural research reduces poverty

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | August 10, 2016
  • On the dusty backroads of Kenya, farmers with one or two acres of land talked about some of the difficulties they face: a disease

How agricultural research reduces poverty

Opinion | BY PAUL HAGERMAN | August 10, 2016
  • On the dusty backroads of Kenya, farmers with one or two acres of land talked about some of the difficulties they face: a disease
Morris Agaba, scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, pictured in 2009. ILRI is tackling livestock-related problems faced by small-scale farmers in Kenya and elsewhere, writes Paul Hagerman. AusAID photograph by Kate Holt
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