“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
“A recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia is being carried out by organized crime. This threatens not only attempts to eradicate poverty and deforestation but also efforts to combat climate change.” CountryEffortPovertyCrimeKeysSouthClimateClimate ChangeEastOrganizedReportsCombatCentsAsiaAmazonTropicalDeforestationOrganized CrimeEast AsiaLogging Author:Achim Steiner
“Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its standard of living.” PovertyStruggleStandardsReflectionRaisesSouthObesityStandards Of Living Author:William R. Ferris
“It is said that the Negro is ignorant. But why is he ignorant? It comes with ill grace from a man who has put out my eyes to makea parade of my blindness,--to reproach me for my poverty when he has wronged me of my money.... If he is poor, what has become of the money he has been earning for the last two hundred and fifty years? Years ago it was said cotton fights and cotton conquers for American slavery. The Negro helped build up that great cotton power in the South, and in the North his sigh was in the whir of its machinery, and his blood and tears upon the warp and woof of its manufactures.” IfsMenYearsHas BeensSaidTwoEyeLastsFightingPoorPovertyGraceBloodTearsRacismHundredYears AgoSlaverySouthIllIgnorantConquerFiftyEarningBlindnessSighMachineryParadesCottonReproachWrongedWarpAmerican Slavery Author:Frances Harper
“They didn't need to be specifically South American or Latin American. Instead we discovered we were talking about human beings in general. We realized that these are not issues only pertinent to Latin America: poverty, misery, consumerism, etc.” NeedsHumansAmericaHuman BeingsTalkingPovertyIssuesMiserySouthEtcLatinConsumerismLatin AmericaPertinentLatin American Author:Alex Abreu
“When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on. Or it's caused by poverty. We faced those kind of issues. But now, with the new regime, they have really woken up, paid attention. And when South Africa speaks, then the whole of Africa will listen. And I have got great hopes for that.” IfsKindSaidWholeSpeakPresidentAttentionPovertyIssuesPaidSouthAidsRegimesSouth AfricaShowersGreat Hope Author:Elton John
“I did my residency on the South Side of Chicago.We were taking care of people who were incredibly sick and were really struggling with poverty, and , access to food, and how could they afford their medications.” PeopleCareSidesPovertyStruggleSickSouthAccessChicagoMedicationResidency Author:Jill Stein
“There is so much poverty and desperation in South Sudan, and yet each side is militarily equipped.” SidesPovertySouthDesperationSudan Author:Tom Hiddleston
“There are levels of poverty in South Africa that are totally unacceptable.” LevelsPovertySouthSouth Africa Author:Desmond Tutu
“Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American. Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.” CountryStatesHomeDesireLevelsUnitedNumbersPovertyUnited StatesFiveFourViolenceGenerationsSouthDrivenBordersTexasLowestEnteringMigrantsHome CountryReunification Author:Alan Bersin
“When I got the women's marathon into the Olympics and we had races all over the world I thought, 'That's great, now we're heading towards total equality.' Then you see that there are women who are still not allowed to drive, get an education, or travel unless they have a male companion or can't carry their passport. There are those who are mired with incredible poverty in North Africa, the mid-east, South East Asia and there's a ridiculous amount of human trafficking.” WorldHumansStillsRacePovertyAmountSouthMalesIncrediblesEastRidiculousCompanionOlympicsAsiaMarathonHeadingsPassportsHuman TraffickingTraffickingNorth AfricaEast AsiaTotal Equality Author:Kathrine Switzer
“There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.” PeopleAblePovertyRichShareSouthRichesConquerFortunateSouth Africa Author:Nelson Mandela
“The music enchanted the air. It was like the south wind, like a warm night, like swelling sails beneath the stars, completely and utterly unreal... It made everything spacious and colourful, the dark stream of life seemed pulsing in it; there were no burdens any more, no limits; there existed only glory and melody and love, so that one simply could not realize that, at the same time as this music was, outside there ruled poverty and torment and despair.” MadeNightStarsRealizingDarkPovertyAirWindLimitsDespairGloryAnd LoveSouthBurdenWarmStreamsMelodySailTormentUnrealEnchantedSwellingColourful Book:Three Comrades Source: Three Comrades