Agriculture, Food and Beverage

We can eradicate hunger by 2030. Here's how

A farm worker looks for dried plants to remove in a paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, September 8, 2015. India has just suffered back-to-back drought years for only the fourth time in over a century, summer crops are wilting and reservoir water levels are at their lowest in at least a decade for the time of year. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has not held a high-level meeting to discuss drought relief for farmers since June, when its weather office forecast - correctly as it turned out - that this year's monsoon rains would fall short. Fifteen months since winning power, in part on his record in boosting agriculture as chief minister of Gujarat, Modi faces growing criticism for failing to shield Indian farmers from deepening hardship. To match INDIA-DROUGHT/ Picture taken September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Amit Dave

When it comes to ending hunger, people need a hand up, not a hand out Image: REUTERS/Amit Dave

Ertharin Cousin
Chief Executive Officer and President, Food Systems for the Future
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