Hawa Abdi Quotes

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

To get the most from agricultural resources, poor farmers' needs must come first, guiding investment strategies and forming the yardstick for gauging results.

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years.

The drive behind what I do is really to make sure that people don't go to bed hungry. It's not just that I have a love of diversity, it's the importance of the uses of that diversity.

Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past.

The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation.

Improving the productivity of crops is fundamental to ending extreme poverty. Sixty percent of people in sub-Saharan Africa earn their living by working the land. But given the region’s generally low agricultural productivity—yields of basic cereals are five times higher in North America—Africa remains a net importer of food. This gap between supply and demand will only grow as the number of mouths to feed increases.

We have ended hunger, but now we have to end famine.

There can be no permanent progress in the battle against hunger until the agencies that fight for increased food production and those that fight for population control unite in a common effort.

People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and Ethiopia.

Food sovereignty... is most of all characterized by it’s conversations around how to end hunger and poverty.

I believe that international support through critical funds, together with the determination of my compatriots, Malawi can be a model country for meeting global health targets and get on with the business of African-driven global economic growth.

If people grow things themselves, their children understand, then schools in the area know that this community's generating something with its own energy, to consume.

Tourism in India has the potential to promote faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth. It could be used as a powerful antidote to tackle poverty.

Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people.

Infrastructure alone won't end poverty. The World Bank had to learn this lesson, too. While we believed too much in bricks and mortar in our early days, we now understand that bringing together funding, technical expertise, and tested knowledge goes much further.

As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipes and ideas.

It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.

There can be no effective solution of the Indian food problem that does not include population control.

Humanitarian help will never solve any problems. It is necessary to help us create some kind of economic infrastructure.

For the first time we have the technical capacity to free mankind from the scourge of hunger.

Food Will Win the War

The world is at a crossroads. Our generation may be the first in history with the knowledge, tools and resources to truly turn back the rising tide of hunger and misery.

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.