The Millennium Institute President, Hans Herren, spoke at the Nourishing the Planet briefing breakfast panel at the World Food Prize yesterday and encouraged funders and policy makers to redirect their focus from what he calls “modern technology”—or silver bullet approaches—to “natural means” such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and permaculture. Doing so, he says, will allow the agricultural community to finally “treat the cause” and not “the symptoms” of global hunger.
Oct 15
Treating the Cause, Not the Symptoms, of Global Hunger
Agriculture, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Conservation, Development, Drought, Education, Environment, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Funding, Health, Hunger, Income, Investment, Nourishing the Planet, Nutrition, Soil, State of the World 2011
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