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Working Together to End Hunger
Alan Larson, Senior International Policy Adviser, Covington And Burling LLP
Ending hunger and malnutrition requires developed and developing countries to make the right policy decisions.

The Green Revolution
Excerpt From A Nobel Lecture By Norman Borlaug
The Green Revolution has won a temporary success in man's war against hunger and deprivation.

Feeding the Hungry Through Biotechnology
Rachel Cheatham And Andrew Benson, International Food Information Council
Given limited land and the difficulties of growing food in arid and pest-infested areas and salty water, biotechnology offers one promising approach.

Breaking the Cycle of Hunger
An Interview With Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, U.N. World Food Program
The means exist to halve the number of hungry people; what is needed is the political will to accomplish this.

Diplomatic Stewardship of America's Aid to the Hungry
Ambassador Gaddi H. Vasquez
The U.S. mission to the U.N. agencies in Rome works intensively on reducing world hunger.

Key Players in Food Aid
Angela Rucker, U.S. Agency For International Development
Getting food from U.S. farms to food aid recipients in the developing world requires a number of disparate players.

The American Farmer and U.S. Food Aid
Bruce Odessey, Managing Editor, eJOURNAL USA
Congress is wrangling in its five-year farm bill over whether to allow procurement of some food aid from local markets instead of only from U.S. producers.

Hunger: Facing the Facts
Bob Bell, David Kauck, Marianne Leach, And Priya Sampath, CARE
Food aid helps in emergencies, but long-term, sustainable solutions are needed to achieve the goal of halving the number of hungry people.

Southern Africa's Triple Threat
Jordan Dey, Director Of U.S. Relations, U.N. World Food Program
In southern Africa, HIV/AIDS makes farmers too sick to produce food. Donors can increase the effectiveness of the medicine they are already providing by also giving stricken families enough to eat.

Aiding Pastoralists in the Horn of Africa
Anne Marie Del Castillo And John Graham, Policy Advisers, U.S. Agency for International Development
In Ethiopia, an innovative collaboration has allowed pastoralists not only to survive drought but also to rebuild their lives.

Tackling Child Malnutrition in Coastal Bangladesh
Ina Schonberg, Associate Vice President, Save The Children
Both food aid and cash aid are needed indefinitely in Bangladesh where perhaps half the 133 million people cannot afford an adequate diet.

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eJournal USA
Volume 12, Number 9, September 2007
International Information Programs

Cover photos:
Thousands of people march against hunger in Tegucigalpa, Honduras ©AP Images/Edgard Garrido
Left inset: Woman carries sack of U.S.-donated flour in Tuzla, Bosnia ©AP Images/David Brauchli
Right inset: Workers in Pakistan load U.S.-donated wheat for delivery to Afghanistan ©AP Images/Peter Dejong

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