40 chances finding hope in a hungry world
"Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006, when he announced he was leaving the bulk of his fortune to philanthropy. Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on earth -- nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. And Howard has giv...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: one shot at a warlord -- Story 1: How I realized i had only "40 chances" -- Story 2: Prague, 1968 : "The army eats first : we get what is left" -- Story 3: From bulldozing dirt to planting soil -- Story 4: Devon's gift -- Story 5: Because "al called" -- Story 6: The ovarian lottery -- Story 7: Reality has a nutty taste, especially when fried -- Story 8: Where hunger hides -- Bravery, courage, and hope -- Story 9: Loved, but lost -- Story 10: Empty calories -- Story 11: Little cromite -- Story 12: Sex and hunger in Timbuktu -- Story 13: Loss in Armenia -- Story 14: Farming under fire -- Story 15: Seeds of change -- Story 16: Shakira -- Story 17: a franciscan padre in the Sierra Madre -- Story 18: Gorillas v. guerillas -- Hard-learned lessons -- Story 19: Can this village be saved? -- Story 20: A complicated legacy -- Story 21: For yields to go up, we have to look down -- Story 21 1/2: owners make better farmers -- Story 22: What does doing better look like? / by Howard W. Buffett -- Story 23: Disconnects -- Story 25: A six-beer insight -- Story 26: Less than sparkling -- Challenges we need to figure out -- Story 27: Elephants and experts -- Story 28: Can smarter carrots save soil? -- Story 29: Chains that unlock potential / by Howard W. Buffett -- Story 30: A walk to the well -- Story 31: Souped up yields from stripped down tools -- Story 32: Does aid plant seeds of violence? / by Howard W. Buffett -- Reasons to hope -- Story 33: Opening what once was cerrado -- Story 34: Chocolate-covered opportunities -- Story 35: Fired up in Ghana -- Story 36: Buy local! -- Story 37: Hungry for data -- Story 38: The power of a piece of paper -- Story 39: Farmer of the future / by Howard W. Buffett -- Story 40: Help for a "poor relation" -- Epilogue: an optimistic pessimist returns to prague. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a "Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006, when he announced he was leaving the bulk of his fortune to philanthropy. Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on earth -- nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. And Howard has given himself a deadline: 40 years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge. Each of us has about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life. Howard learned this lesson through his passion for farming: all farmers can expect to have about 40 growing seasons, giving them just 40 chances to improve on every harvest. This lesson applies to all of us, however, because we all have about 40 productive years to do the best job we can, whatever our passions may be. 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World is a book that captures Howard's journey. We join him around the world as he seeks out new approaches to ease the suffering of so many. It is told in a unique format: 40 stories that will provide readers a compelling look at Howard's lessons learned, ranging from his own backyard to some of the most difficult and dangerous places on Earth."--Amazon.com | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Agricultural development projects |z Developing countries. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Humanitarianism |z Developing countries. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hunger |z Developing countries. | |
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