Kofi Annan Calls for Global Effort to Feed African Poor

Courtesy PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Wed, 09/03/2008 - 23:20

According to the former UN secretary general, Africa needs to revolutionize its entire food chain to help feed the continent's 200 million hungry people — an effort that "will require one of the largest efforts in human history"....


 

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