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Article: A new approach to global food security and hunger.
- Article from:
- Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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Byline: Hillary Rodham Clinton
FOR ONE billion people worldwide, the daily effort to grow, buy, or sell food is the defining struggle of their lives. This matters to all of us.
Consider the world's typical small farmer.
She lives in a rural village, rises before dawn, and walks miles to collect water. If drought, blight, or pests don't destroy her crops, she may raise enough to feed her family -- and may even have some left over to sell. But there's no road to the nearest market and no one there who can afford to buy from her.
Now consider a young man in a crowded city 100 miles from that farmer. He has a job that pays pennies. He goes ...