- Obama enlists major powers to aid poor farmers with $15 billion, By Peter Baker and Celia W. Dugger, July 8, 2009, New York Times: “President Obama has enlisted the world’s leading powers to contribute $15 billion to help millions of the world’s poorest farmers grow enough food to feed themselves, American officials said Wednesday. If the assistance is delivered and is in fact mostly new money, it will constitute the largest international effort in decades to combat hunger by investing in the fundamentals of an agricultural economy, including seed, fertilizer, grain storage and research into new plant varieties…”
- Leaders of rich and poor countries launch new approach to world hunger, promise $20 billion, By Alessandra Rizzo (AP), July 10, 2009, Chicago Tribune: “Leaders of rich and developing countries launched a new approach to global hunger Friday, saying they wanted to spend $20 billion on seeds, fertilizers, tools and other aid for small farmers over the next three years so poor nations could feed themselves. The initiative announced at the end of a Group of Eight summit marked a new emphasis on helping farmers in the developing world boost production over the long term, moving away from an emphasis on emergency food aid for people suffering from drought and famine…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty