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40 chances : finding hope in a hungry world
- Author(s):
- Buffett, Howard G
- Title(s):
- 40 chances : finding hope in a hungry world / by Howard G. Buffett ; with Howard W. Buffett ; foreword by Warren E. Buffett.
- Other Title(s):
- Forty chances
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Publisher:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
- Description:
- xiv, 443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 9781451687866 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1451687869 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781451687880 (ebook)
9781451687873 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1451687877 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN:
- 2013031452
- Summary:
- If you had the resources to accomplish something great in the world, what would you do? Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006, when he announced he was leaving the bulk of his fortune to philanthropy. Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on earth--nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. And Howard has given himself a deadline: 40 years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge. Howard learned this lesson through his passion for farming: each farmer can expect to have about 40 growing seasons, giving him just 40 chances to improve on every harvest. This lesson applies to all of us, because we all have about 40 productive years to do the best job we can, whatever our passions may be. This book captures Howard's journey around the world as he seeks out new approaches to ease the suffering of so many.--From publisher description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents:
- One shot at a warlord -- pt. 1. The roots of "40 chances" : The day I heard the clock tick ; Prague, 1968: "The Soviet army eats first: "we just get what is left" ; From bulldozing dirt to planting soil ; Devon's gift ; Because "Al called" ; The ovarian lottery ; Reality has a nutty taste, especially when fried ; Where hunger hides -- pt. 2. Bravery, courage, and hope : Loved, but lost ; Empty calories ; Little Cromite ; Sex and hunger in Timbuktu ; Loss in Armenia ; Farming under fire ; Seeds of change ; Shakira ; A Franciscan padre in the Sierra Madre ; Gorillas versus guerrillas -- pt. 3. Hard-learned lessons : Can this village be saved? ; A complicated legacy ; For yields to go up, we have to look down ; Owners make better farmers ; Disconnects ; What does doing better look like? / Howard W. Buffett ; "Who came up with this crazy idea?" ; A six-beer insight ; Less than sparkling -- pt. 4. Challenges we need to figure out : Elephants and experts ; Can smarter carrots save soil? ; Chains that unlock potential / Howard W. Buffett ; Women may be key, but don't ignore men ; Souped-up yields from stripped-down tools ; Does aid plant seeds of violence? / Howard W. Buffett -- pt. 5. Reasons to hope : Opening what once was Cerrado ; Chocolate-covered opportunities ; Fired up in Ghana ; Buy local! ; Hungry for data ; The power of a piece of paper ; Farmer of the future / Howard W. Buffett ; A new approach to governance -- A pessimistic optimist returns to Prague.
- Other ID:
- (OCoLC)830352188
- NLM ID:
- 101622620 [Book]