“A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.” WorldCountryPoorPovertyMillionsBenefitsPercentResourcesIndiaSouthCriticsChinaValuableDecadesDevelopingFarmersSouth AfricaCropsPhilippinesAlleviateDeveloping CountriesSubsistenceBiotech Author:Clive James
“I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.” PovertyIncreaseHungerEnormousLiftsYieldFarmersHunger And Poverty Author:Bill Gates
“The worst example of rural poverty is that of migrant farm workers. They have no permanent jobs, so they have no equity in the places where they work. They're not shareholders, let alone entrepreneurs. They're not small farmers, they're not market gardeners, they're just temporary - uprooted, isolated, easily exploitable people.” PeopleJobsPovertyWorstExampleEntrepreneurWorkersPermanentTemporaryFarmsFarmersIsolatedEquityGardenerShareholdersMigrants Author:Wendell Berry
“If farmers become weak the country loses self-reliance but if they are strong, freedom also becomes strong. If we do not maintain our progress in agriculture, poverty cannot be eliminated from India.But our biggest poverty alleviation programme is to improve the living standard of our farmers. The thrust of our poverty alleviation programmes is on the uplift of the farmers.” IfsSelfCountryStrongLosesPovertyProgressStandardsWeakIndiaUpliftingFarmersAgricultureSelf RelianceRelianceThrustProgrammes Author:Rajiv Gandhi
“Every farmer must go to the seed industry every year to buy their seed and pay an 80 percent royalty to a corporation. Over-the-fence exchanges have started to be treated as crimes. Or, if you need a biological pest control, you can no longer use the need seed in your back yard. Instead you have to depend on the Grace Corporation or some other entity. That kind of dependency basically leads to increased poverty and increased ecological destruction.” IfsNeedsYearsKindUsePayPovertyGraceCrimeDependsIndustryPercentDestructionSeedsTreatedCorporationsFarmersEntityYardsFenceRoyaltyEcologicalDependencyPestsPest Control Author:Vandana Shiva
“My father was very much a child of the counterculture movement and was drawn to the idea of alleviating poverty in the developing world, helping farmers diversify their crops and stuff like that.” WorldChildrenHelpingFatherPovertyFarmers Author:Lydia Polgreen