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flooding, 363
flood irrigation, 148
flour, 289
food, 172, 301
in Czechoslovakia, 23–24, 25–26
grown locally, 362–73
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 281
food aid, 20, 38–39, 64, 176
availability of, 225
extortion and, 238–39
mistakes in, 219
monetization of, 226–32, 323, 366–68
for tsunami, 215
US rules on, 227–28
work vs., 210–11
Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting Its Role (Maxwell), 229
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 5, 14, 39, 189, 323, 358
Food Bank of Corpus Christi, 375
food banks, 91
food budget, 88
food ecosystem, 36, 38, 42, 60, 64
food insecurity, 6, 13–14, 15, 18–19, 21n, 55, 81, 86, 88, 93, 173, 225, 278, 337, 377, 379–80, 403, 411
in Afghanistan, 285
food processors, 63
food production, 14
Forbes, 66
forests, 189, 357
forty chances, origin 10–11
fragile farmers, 41
France, 59
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 152
free market, 274
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, 145
Fundar, 370–71
Funwe Farm, 138, 139
furrow irrigation, 181, 181
Gabon, 156
Gandhi, Indira, 176
Garamba National Park, 262
Gatsby foundation, 136
Gayle, Helene D., 230
GDP growth, 321
genetically modified seeds, 312
Ghana, 38, 67, 184, 253, 305, 315, 337, 338, 351–61, 403
giraffes, 259
Global Water Initiative (GWI), 248–53
glyphosate herbicide, 354
God Grew Tired of Us, 206
gold, 113, 352
Goldberg, Ray, 63
Goma, 157, 159–60
Gomes de Araujo, Ricardo, 329–30, 332–33
Good Samaritan Inn, 84–86, 88, 90, 91, 124, 125
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 235
Gore, Al, 55
gorillas, 153–61, 153, 262
Government Accountability Office (GAO), US, 227, 228, 231
governments, 14
GPS, 37, 168, 345, 389, 400
Graham, Ben, xi
grain elevators, 41, 81
Grain Systems Incorporated (GSI), 9
grains, 62, 101, 232, 365, 366–67
subsidized, 225–26
Grantham, Jeremy, 189
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., 189
grasslands, 189
Great Britain, 237, 332
Great Depression, 276
Great Lakes region of Africa, 2, 159
Great Plains, 190–91
Greece, 102
Greenberg, Allen, 222
Green House, 348, 350
Green Revolution, 15, 137, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184–85
GreenSeeker, 183
green techniques, 37
Guatemala, 38, 62, 99–104, 100, 103, 145, 364–65, 370
Guinea, 106, 254, 402, 403
Guinea savanna, 338, 357
Gulf of Mexico, 182, 279
Gundersen, Craig, 379–81
Gunotsoga, Botswana, 270
habitat preservation, 12
Haiti, 144
Harriman, Jake, 343–44
Harvest, The/La Cosecha: The Story of the Children Who Feed America, 375
Hawkins, Fred, 30–31
haze, 51
Healthy Ecosystem and Livelihoods (HEAL) Initiative, 260, 268
hemorrhaging, 117
Herat, Afghanistan, 290–95
herbicides, 40, 312, 357
heroin, 285
Hershey’s, 341
HIV, 117, 138, 170
homelessness, 376
Homestead Act (1862), 275–76
Honduras, 145, 364–65, 370, 372
Howard G. Buffett Foundation, 12, 16, 67, 68, 69, 131, 243–44, 295
agricultural investment and, 318–20
Good Samaritan Inn aided by, 90
school feeding programs and, 145
seed breeding funded by, 140–41
social entrepreneurs supported by, 343
2045 closing of, 17
water management and, 244–48
Huambo, Angola, 168–69, 172
Human Rights Center, 217, 218
human rights problems, 217
human trafficking, 13
human-wildlife conflict (HWC), 261–62
Humphrey, Hubert, 225
hunger, 12–14, 93
body type and, 96
conflict and, 5–6, 19, 96–97, 105, 184
education and, 144
in Nigeria, 95–98
sex trade and, 115
in US, 81–91, 85
worldwide deaths from, 6
worldwide numbers on, 12–13, 16, 35, 38, 64, 86
Hurricane Mitch, 365, 372n
Hussein, Saddam, 130, 237
hybrid seeds, 13, 176
Illinois, 9, 14, 180, 188, 191, 275, 279, 313
Illinois, University of, 83, 379
Illinois State University, 83
immune disorders, 101, 102
immunizations, 321
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 317
India, 15, 30, 64, 178–79, 214, 243, 315, 343
childhood malnutrition in, 178–79
drought in, 176
Indian Ocean tsunami, 213–21, 216, 285
Indonesia, 60
infant mortality, 169
infertility, 117
information resources, 36
infrastructure, 36, 321, 325, 345, 363, 408
Institute for Economic Stability, 325
insurance bills, 88
Intacta RR2 PRO, 336
International Criminal Court, 106, 236
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 333
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 253, 254
internationally displaced persons (IDPs), 157–58
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 353
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 202, 253, 254
iodine, 100–101
Iowa, 279
Iraq, 128, 325, 359
Iraq War, 237, 287
Ireland, 102
iron, 100, 102, 108
iron triangle, 227
irrigation, 60, 255, 255, 280, 383, 393
irrigation canals, 130
irrigation pivot, 393
Islam, 113–14
Ismael, Saleem, 139
Iuvo, Angola, 170–74
Ivory Coast, 129, 254, 338, 359, 368
Jake, 313
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 317
Jarslov, 23
John Deere & Company, 10, 50, 314, 315, 389, 396
Juárez cartel, 149
Jubatus reserve, 67, 202–3, 205–6, 208–9
Julio, 170
Kabambare territory, DRC, 358
Kabila, Joseph, 158
Kailo territory, DRC, 358
Kakuma camp, 237n
Kandol, Pakistan, 224
Kansas, 276
Kasongo territory, DRC, 358
Katie, Aunt, 89
Kazakhstan, 398
Kenema, Sierra Leone, 107
Kenya, 136, 206, 219, 236, 252, 277, 305, 344, 372
Kessler, Earl, 216
Kibriya, Shahriar, 322, 323
Kleinschmit, Francis, 34
Koevets, 208–10
Kono, Sierra Leone, 107
Kony, Joseph, 1, 2, 3, 4
Lake Malawi, 72
land development, 217
Landesa, 386–87
land reform, 15, 199–20
0
land tenure, 199, 387
land tenure system, 36
Lane, Jon, 138–40
Lanjouw, Annette, 246
LaSalle, Tim, 312, 314–15
Latin America, 14, 403
Liberia, 82, 106, 139, 140, 200, 211, 368, 370, 402, 405–6, 408
life expectancy, 169
Lilongwe, Malawi, 74, 78
Lindsay Corporation, 9–10, 64
Lingbeek, Brandon, 194–95
literacy, 321
Little Cromite, 16, 105–11, 109
livestock, 55
Livingstone, David, 74
Lobo Sosa, Porfirio, 364
Longoria, Eva, 374–76, 378, 381
Lord’s Resistance Army, 1, 2, 3
“Lost Boys of Sudan,” 206
M23, 159, 161
McCulloch, Graham, 260, 265, 269
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, 145
McLaughlin, Charles F. “Chip,” 58
Macon County, Ill., 80–81, 83
Madonna, 73
Magdalena, 170
magnesium, 108
malaria, 169, 170, 184
Malawi, 72–79, 76, 137, 193, 227, 338, 403
Mali, 112–14, 117–18, 132, 139, 189, 219–20, 254, 403
malnutrition, 12–13, 99, 105, 171, 178–79
in Brazil, 333
in Honduras, 365
manganese, 352
manure, as fertilizer, 312
Map the Meal Gap, 376–77, 380, 381
Maputo Declaration, 403
Maqui, 149
Maria, 99, 100, 101, 104, 121–23
marijuana, 6, 149, 150–51, 286
Martín, José, 382–85
Maryland, 377
Masai Mara National Reserve, 194
Maxwell, Daniel, 229–30
Mayans, 102, 190
Meals on Wheels, 88–89
meat, 219
Mebarak, Shakira, 142–46, 143, 400
mechanization, 37
Mexican Revolution, 200
Mexico, 5–6, 59, 147–52, 175–76, 298–300, 346, 370
land reform in, 200
MH26, 138
mice, 77–79
microcredit program, 304
microloans, 381
micro-macro problem, 140
micronutrient deficiency, 100–101, 100
millet, 323
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, 318
mining, 357–58
Misrak Badawacho, 38
Mississippi River, 182, 279
Mitch, Hurricane, 365, 372n
Mitchell, Clay, 388–99
Mitchell, Wade, 389–90
Mohair, 114, 118, 118
monetization, 226–32, 323, 366–68
Monkey Bay, 138
monocropping, 184
Monsanto Company, 335, 336, 370
moon landing, 24–25
mopane, 263
Morocco, 30
Morrill Act (1862), 36
mortality, 321
mosquito nets, 140
Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), 165–66
Moyo, Dambisa, 140, 163
Mozambique, 72, 132–41, 186–89, 187, 205, 225, 228, 248, 337, 338
Mpherero Anchor Farm Project, 77–78
Mucuna, 356
mudslides, 60
mulch, 352–57
N2Africa project, 405
Nairobi, 134, 136, 229
Namibia, 271
Nampula Province, Mozambique, 186–87
Nangarhar University College of Agriculture, 317, 325
Napa wine country, 102
National Congress for the Defense of the Congolese People (CNDP), 157, 159
National Food Reserve Agency, 372
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 279
National School Lunch Program, 145
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), 165
natural gas, 352
Naval Academy, US, 343
Nebraska, 275
Nebraska Ethanol Board, 58
Nebraska Furniture Mart, 51
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, 66
“New Approach to a New Africa, A” (Blair), 404–5
Nicaragua, 199, 248, 250, 364–65, 370, 382–86, 384, 386
Niger, 95–98, 139, 254, 403
Niger Basin Authority, 254
Nigeria, 194, 254, 277, 338
Niger River, 113, 114
nitrogen, 180–82, 183, 196, 311
Noildes Maria de Jesus, 334
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 13, 14, 15, 17, 69, 73, 78, 108, 115, 117, 123–24, 140, 159–60, 163, 168–69, 173, 210–12, 220–21, 230, 341, 344–45, 362–63
advertising for, 215, 216
cuts in funding of, 227
extortion of, 238–39
inefficiencies in, 322
mistakes by, 219–20
monetization by, 226–32, 323, 366–68
poor coordination by, 216–17, 219
short-term thinking, 296–97
tsunami and, 214, 217
water management and, 245–53
women’s lives improved by, 302–4
Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, 127, 177, 358–59
North China Plain, 35n
no-till farming techniques, 192, 192, 360–61, 398
NoVo Foundation, 300
Nuru International, 344
Obo, Central African Republic, 3
Ogallala Aquifer, 280
oil, fueling Ghana’s economic rise, 352
Okavango Delta, 246–47, 259, 262, 268, 271, 272
Okavango Elephants and People Research Project, 260
Okavango Panhandle, 261, 262
Oklahoma, 276
Omaha, Nebr., 19, 28–29
Omaha University, 21
Omaha World-Herald, 56
Operation Demolish Everything, 108
Operation No Living Thing, 108
opium, 285, 286
organic farming, 311–15
organic movement, 37–38
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 321
Orr, Kay, 58
Osborne, Carrie, 138–39
ovarian lottery, xiv, 69–70, 70
oxen, 310–11, 316
Pakistan, 176, 231, 233, 277, 304, 322
earthquake in, 222–25
palm nut oil, 161
papaya, 161
Partnership of Biodiversity and High-Yield Agricultural Production, The (H. G. Buffett), 63–64
Pearl, Daniel, 322
Pearl, Judea, 322–23
pesticides, 40, 41
Petraeus, David, 126, 130
philanthropic colonialism, 218
philanthropists, 14, 220
Philanthropy Workshop West, 213
phosphorus, 281
phylloxera, 59–60
Pili Pili Chili, 350
Pima, 149
Pioneer Hi-Bred Seed Company, 175
Planter’s School, 9–10
Plumpy’Nut, 97
poaching, 12, 202, 262
polluted water, 60
poppies, 285, 286, 287, 291, 293
population density, 74
Portugal, 165
potato famine, 102
poverty, 14, 18, 74, 136, 163, 321
in Armenia, 120
conflict and, 5–6
in US, 81, 87–88
Prague, 409–11
Prague Spring, 22
Price, Ed, 126–31, 128, 271, 320, 321–22, 323, 325, 358–60, 406
processed foods, 102
Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS), 137–38
proka, 352
Prosterman, Roy, 387
prostitutes, 115
protein, 103
protein deficiency, 96
psychological disorders, 101
Publi
c Law 480 Food for Peace program (PL 480), 225, 227, 229
pumps, 293–94
Purchase for Progress (P4P), 232, 364, 365–66, 370–73
Pyat, Brenda Gorrell, 90
Quran, 45
radishes, 398
Raikes, Jeff, 370
railroads, 36, 41, 178
rainfall, 41, 267
rain forests, 12, 60, 61–63
RAND Corporation, 149
ready-to-use therapeutic food (RTUF), 97
Red Cross, 166
red-light districts, 115
refeeding, 97
refugee camps, 48, 51
Revolutionary United Front (RUF), 106, 109, 109, 111
rice, 15, 82, 129, 359
roads, 36, 41, 130, 295, 406, 408
Roberts, Bill, 31–32
Rockefeller Foundation, 134, 136, 137, 175, 176
Rodale Institute, 37, 311–12
roller crimper, 309–15, 310, 313
Romania, 125
Rome, 102
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 175
root louse, 59–60
root systems, 195–96
Rose, Charlie, 65, 67, 70
rule of law, 91
Rural Development Institute (RDI), 387
rural electricity, 36
Russia, 35n, 120
Rwanda, 139, 154, 156, 307, 402
rye, 398
saffron, 289, 291, 291
Sahel, 195
Samulali, Nicaragua, 252
San Joaquin Valley, 197
Santos Galindo, Lucrecia, 371
Sarawak, 128
Sarobi, Habiba, 288
Sasakawa, Ryoichi, 184
satellites, 36
savannas, 60, 77, 330–31, 338–39, 357
Save the Children, 138
school feeding programs, 144–45, 364
schools, 45–46, 321
Sea of Cortez, 182, 183
sedimentation, 60
seeds, 40, 41, 132–41, 151–52, 172, 211, 288, 296, 331, 336, 349
genetically modified, 312
hybrid, 13, 176
loans of, 344
transportation of, 178
See’s Candies, 48–49
Seifa, Adanech, 38–41, 39
Semester at Sea, 30
Senate, US, 55, 63
Senegal, 43–48, 52, 337, 403
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, 324
Serbs, 27
severe acute malnutrition (SAM), 97, 101
sewing machines, 220
sex slaves, 1
sex trade, 114–15
Shakhik, 124