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Description edit
For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet in Africa, more than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year—most of them children. In this powerful investigative narrative, Wall... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Norman Borlaug: Father of the green revolution
- Bono: Celebrity who uses his fame to end starvation
- Eleni: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Mamlin
- Chombe Seyoum
- Wallace
- Howard Buffett
- Bakker
- Tesfaye
- Elaine
- Jerman
- Devries
- Teferra
- Bush
- Bachus
- Natsios
- Mwanzia
- Kofi Annan
- Mutiso
- Sheeran
- Beckmann
- Bill Gates
- Drummond
- Pelekamoyo
- Dawson
- Blum
- Jim
- Wayongo
- Blair
- Nkrumah
- Berg
- Gethi
- Pat
- John Deere
- Shah
- Yacob
- Lescanne
- Wheaton
- Mcnamara
- Suzanne
- Warren Buffett
- Mugabe
Setting & Locations edit
- South Africa
- Ethiopia
- United States
- Latin America
- Europe
- Asia
- Washington
- Malawi
- Mexico
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Mali
- Egypt
- Ireland
- India
- White House
- Mozambique
- Sudan
- Archbold
- Iowa
- Darfur
- Zimbabwe
- Addis Ababa
- Nazareth
- Sasakawa
- China
- D.c.
- Sub-saharan Africa
- Yaquí Valley
- Swaziland
- France
- Blue Nile
- Davos
- Salina
- Machakos
- Birmingham
- Fufuo
- Biafra
- Boricha
- Uganda
- Britain
- Illinois
- Canada
- Chicago
- Lake Tana
- Hagirso
- New York
Authors & Contributors edit
- Roger Thurow (Author)
- Scott Kilman (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 330
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Government › Public Policy
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Conspiracy Theories
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Poverty
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › Economic Conditions
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
- Books › Business & Investing › Popular Economics
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