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Sharma, Ritu, 300, 303, 304, 305, 306–7
Sheeran, Josette, 368–69, 370, 371–72
Sherwood Foundation, 66
Shotokan, 29
shuras, 292–93, 293
Sierra Leone, 52, 105–11, 139, 140–41, 145, 200, 305, 368, 370, 402–3, 405, 406, 408
Sierra Madre, Mexico, 147–52, 150
Silk Road, 283
Simon, Bernard, 57
Simpuki, Brave, 77
Sinaloa cartel, 149
Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson, 407
skin conditions, 102
slash-and-burn agriculture, 12, 60, 193, 193, 194, 351–61
slave trade, 117
Sloan Implement Company, 9, 10, 13, 14, 213
slums, 115
social entrepreneurs, 342–43
social value investing, 297
soil, 28, 29, 37, 62, 64, 177n, 185, 188, 189–90, 199
of Africa, 178
depletion of, 60–61, 192–93, 351, 394–95
destruction of, 15
erosion of, 278–79, 394–95, 395
nitrogen in, 311
soil acidity, 190
soil compaction, 391
soil conservation, 228, 312, 338
soil improvement, 78, 193
soil salinity, 190
Somalia, 109, 111, 120, 121, 372
Songhurst, Anna, 260, 264–70
Sorensen, Harry, 32, 34
sorghum, 136, 195, 267, 323
South Africa, 30, 144, 165, 184, 194, 202, 203, 207–12, 207, 272, 308–15, 309
Southeast Asia, 15
southern fertility belt, 35n
South Sudan, 1, 6, 141, 232, 236–41, 239, 362–63, 368, 372, 402–3, 405, 406
Soviet Union, 22, 23–24, 26, 63, 120, 122, 125, 165, 235
soybeans, 37, 81, 333, 335, 336, 393
Spare No One, 108
Springfield, Ill., 83
squatters, 119
“stable” farmers, 40–41
State Department, US, 116, 369
State Farm Insurance, 83
Steiner, Jerry, 370
Steiner, Roy, 137
stem rust, 175–76
Stevenson, David, 366, 367–70, 371, 372
Stronza, Amanda, 260–61, 264–67, 271
subsidies, 273–75
farming, 273–82
subsistence farmers, 17, 38–42, 134, 184, 270, 316, 382
Successful Farming, 397
Sudan, 21, 52, 136, 184, 206, 323, 370
Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), 237
sugarcane, 365
Summit Group, 235
Sustainable Soil Management for Improved Food Security, 357
swollen bellies, 97
synthetic chemicals, 312, 313
Taekwondo, 29
Taiwan, 30
Tajikistan, 145
Taliban, 127, 129, 284–85, 317, 319
Tanzania, 37, 72, 307, 372
Tate & Lyle, 83
Tatul, 123–24
taxes, 69, 83, 211, 273–74
Taylor, Kathleen, 84–86
tea, 219
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 114
termites, 76–77, 260
terrorism, 13, 323
Texas A&M University, 126–31, 177, 260, 271, 320, 322, 323, 359
texting water alerts, 343
Thailand, 217
tsunami in, 213–21, 216, 285
Theo Chocolate, 340–42, 347, 350
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President (Sirleaf), 407
This is Africa (TIA) saying, 204–5, 207, 210
Thompson, William Oxley, 234
thyroid disorders, 101
Tietz, Frank, 31
tillage, 38, 357
Timbuktu, Mali, 112–14, 113, 117–18, 118
Time, 389
Togo, 194, 241–44, 304, 338
tomato processing in Afghanistan, 288–89
tractors, 36, 315–16
transportation, 178, 184, 346
transportation costs, 88
Trimble Navigation, 396
trophy hunting industry, 266
truck stops, 115
tsunami, 213–21, 216, 285
Tuareg people, 113, 114
Turkey, 120
U2, 65–66
Uganda, 2, 4, 36, 154, 157, 229, 236, 368
Ukraine, 35n
Ukulima Farm, 139, 184, 194, 195, 207, 272, 308–15
UN Committee on World Food Security, 372
undernutrition, 101–2
UNESCO, 114
UNICEF, 179
United Nations, 12, 120, 132, 358
United Nations Human Development Index, 107, 347
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), 74, 82, 101, 103, 172, 222–25, 223, 232, 240, 364, 367–70, 367, 372
United States, 145, 165
agriculture in, 35–37
childhood hunger in, 91
conservation farming in, 192
global hunger and, 64
high-yield agricultural production in, 64
hunger in, 13
rich farmland of, 190–91
US Agency for International Development (USAID), 117, 141, 225, 226, 233, 323
US Border Patrol, 148
utilities, 88
value chain development, 286–89, 295–96, 345, 365
value investing, 296
van Dyk, Ann, 202
vegetables, 103
veldt, 209
Victor, 90–91
Vikings, 190
Virunga National Park, 154, 156–61
viruses, 59–60
vitamin A, 100, 103
vitamin B, 130
vitamin C, 130
Vitvarová, Helena, 23
Vitvarová, Milos, (father of Vera), 23, 25
Vitvarová, Vera, 22–27, 409–10, 410
Vitvarová, Vera, Sr., 23
volcanoes, 154
Wallace, Henry, 175
Wall Street Journal, 322
warthogs, 206
Washington, George, 36
Washington Post, 63
water, 244–48, 262, 281, 343
polluted, 60
water crisis, 147–48
Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP), 365–66
water jugs, 241–43, 242
water management, 408
waterways, 36
Waxman, Elaine, 380
wells, 13, 244–45, 246n, 362–63
Wenz, Otto, 32–34
Wenz, Wayne, 33–34
West Africa, 247, 253, 274, 360
West African Rice Development Association (WARDA), 359
Western Seed Company, 139
West Virginia, 86
wetlands, 259–60
wheat, 15, 149, 176, 179, 180, 227, 229, 323, 393
Whinney, Joe, 340–42, 347–50
White, Jonathan, 170–71, 172, 173
Whole Foods, 350
wildebeest, 194
wildlife conservation, 12
Wildlife Department, Botswana, 264
Wilson, Molly, 84
Wingate soil type, 188
witch doctors, 205
women, 149–50, 242–43, 298–307, 301, 397
Women Thrive Worldwide, 300, 303
World Bank, 72, 112, 321, 325
World Campus Afloat, 30
World Economic Forum, 391–92
World Food Programme (boy), 240, 240
world’s population, 13–14, 63
World Vision International (NGO), 43–46, 120, 134, 166–67, 170, 172–73
World War II, 96–97, 122, 228
worms, 185
Yambio, South Sudan, 232
Yaquí Valley, 176, 179, 180, 183
Yellowstone model, 266
Yellowstone National Park, 260–61
Yugoslavia, 27
Yuma, Ariz., 345
zai hole, 186, 187, 195
Zambia, 72, 338, 369–70, 369
zebras, 194, 259
Zimbabwe, 133
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