A smarter way to combat hunger

Pedro A. Sanchez
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Pedro A. Sanchez: Pedro A. Sanchez is senior research scholar and director of tropical agriculture at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, USA. psanchez@ei.columbia.edu

Nature, 2009, vol. 458, issue 7235, 148-148

Abstract: Traditional approaches to supplying food are an inefficient 'band aid', says Pedro A. Sanchez. New evidence shows that helping farmers to help themselves is more effective and would be six times cheaper.

Date: 2009
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