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Lincoln South Rotary Program, February 2010 [Lincoln, Nebraska, Usa]: Global Food Security--Intsormil, Elvis Heinrichs
Lincoln South Rotary Program, February 2010 [Lincoln, Nebraska, Usa]: Global Food Security--Intsormil, Elvis Heinrichs
Elvis A. Heinrichs
Short Heinrichs spoke to the Lincoln South Rotary Club in February 2010 about global food security. What is food security? The availability of food and access to it. Many countries have food available but the population has no access to it. Heinrichs gave the group some sobering statistics regarding hunger in the world. Nine hundred forty-seven million people in the world are undernourished. One hundred forty-six billion kids under age 5 are underweight. One in seven people are hungry, and one in six people do not have safe drinking water. Ten million kids die each year from hunger related causes. …
Nuevas Variedades De Sorgo “Bmr” En America Central Y Haiti, René Clará Valencia, Bill Rooney, Elvis Heinrichs, Ostilio Portillo
Nuevas Variedades De Sorgo “Bmr” En America Central Y Haiti, René Clará Valencia, Bill Rooney, Elvis Heinrichs, Ostilio Portillo
Elvis A. Heinrichs
Objectivos Identificar las mejores variedades “bmr” para las condiciones de cada país. Reproducir y transferir semilla de las mejores variedades en cantidades suficientes para ponerlas accesibles a todos los agricultores. Demostrar que estas nuevas variedades “bmr” son más nutritivas que las tradicionales y capaces de producir más alimentos para la población. Generalizar el uso de estas variedades para poder fortalecer la seguridad alimentaria de los países participantes.