Bibliograph

Forty chances, finding hope in a hungry world, Howard G. Buffett ; with Howard W. Buffett ; foreword by Warren E. Buffett

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Forty chances, finding hope in a hungry world, Howard G. Buffett ; with Howard W. Buffett ; foreword by Warren E. Buffett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forty chances

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

860803722

Responsibility statement

Howard G. Buffett ; with Howard W. Buffett ; foreword by Warren E. Buffett

Sub title

finding hope in a hungry world

Table Of Contents

One shot at a warlord -- Story 1: The day I heard the clock tick -- Story 2: Prague, 1968 : The Soviet army eats first : "we just get what is left" -- Story 3: From bulldozing dirt to building soil -- Story 4: Devon's gift -- Story 5: Because "Al called" -- Story 6: The ovarian lottery -- Story 7: Reality has a nutty taste, especially when fried -- Story 8: Where hunger hides -- Story 9: Loved but lost -- Story 10: Empty calories -- Story 11: Little Cromite -- Story 12: Sex and hunger in Timbuktu -- Story 13: Loss in Armenia -- Story 14: Farming under fire -- Story 15: Seeds of change -- Story 16: Shakira -- Story 17: a Franciscan padre in the Sierra Madre -- Story 18: Gorillas versus guerillas -- Story 19: Can this village be saved? -- Story 20: A complicated legacy -- Story 21: For yields to go up, we have to look down -- Story 21 1/2: owners make better farmersStory 22: Disconnects -- Story 23: What does doing better look like? / by Howard W. Buffett -- Story 23: Disconnects -- Story 24: "Who came up with this crazy idea?" -- Story 25: A six-beer insight -- Story 26: Less than sparkling -- Story 27: Elephants and experts -- Story 28: Can smarter carrots save soil? -- Story 29: Chains that unlock potential / by Howard W. Buffett -- Story 30: Women may be key, but don't ignore the men -- Story 31: Souped-up yields from stripped-down tools -- Story 32: Does aid plant seeds of violence? / by Howard W. Buffett -- Story 33: Opening what once was Cerrado -- Story 34: Chocolate-covered opportunities -- Story 35: Fired up in Ghana -- Story 36: Buy local! -- Story 37: Hungry for data -- Story 38: The power of a piece of paper -- Story 39: Farmer of the future / by Howard W. Buffett -- Story 40: A new approach to governance -- A pessimistic optimist returns to Prague

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40 chances

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