(PRESS & DAKOTAN) The Press & Dakotan reports, "LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said Monday it has a simple mantra as it works to address world hunger and a looming water shortage: More crop per drop.
Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes told participants at an international water conference that scientists are making major strides in developing high-yield crops and improving farming practices. The key will be getting that technology to the places where it’s needed most, such as poverty-stricken sub-Sahara Africa and south Asia, he said.
'I see the linkage of the water crisis and the future of global poverty,' he said, 'yet I don’t see the general awareness of this issue. I don’t hear the talk of securing water for food.'
Raikes echoed the notion that many of the 20th century’s conflicts were based on oil, and many of this century’s conflicts will be over water."
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Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes told participants at an international water conference that scientists are making major strides in developing high-yield crops and improving farming practices. The key will be getting that technology to the places where it’s needed most, such as poverty-stricken sub-Sahara Africa and south Asia, he said.
'I see the linkage of the water crisis and the future of global poverty,' he said, 'yet I don’t see the general awareness of this issue. I don’t hear the talk of securing water for food.'
Raikes echoed the notion that many of the 20th century’s conflicts were based on oil, and many of this century’s conflicts will be over water."
Read the article by clicking the title above.
