Sentences with phrase «combating hunger and poverty»
«Genetic improvement of these crops has proved to be a powerful weapon for combating hunger and poverty,» says Ruben Echeverría, director - general of CIAT.
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The couple co-chair the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which spends billions each year combating disease, hunger, and poverty.
when I am asked these questions, I reply first that we continue to add to our base of knowledge and thus improve decisions affecting bird populations; second, if winning the debate translates to financial gain for the debater, then that position can not be truly unbiased; and third, isn't it analogous that if heart disease is the greatest mortality factor in our species, then why do we spend so much money combating cancer and other diseases, poverty and hunger?