I was recently in Paris for a conference called “To Abolish Hunger.” We grappled with the question I have been hearing for the past forty years: Have we made any progress in reducing hunger and poverty in the developing world?
Take my country, India. Despite rapid economic growth the total number of hungry people has remained stubbornly high at around 200 million. When I first visited Ethiopia in 1983, the country was on the verge of a famine. Agriculture productivity has remained low and there is talk of famine in parts of the country this year. In 1983, the average fertilizer use in Africa was around 10 kilograms per hectare, and it still is today.
Why haven’t we seen more change?
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