One of 12 best solutions for world's poorest:
Agricultural R&D
$5.5bn/yr ➡️
133m fewer hungry and $184bn/yr
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Sustained agricultural R&D for poorer world means
133m fewer hungry
+ enormous benefits for farmers (higher prod) and consumers (lower price)
Summary of this amazing solution in Philippine Daily Inquirer (2.7m readers), one of 35+ papers across world
opinion.inquirer.net/161230/time-fo…
Agricultural R&D underfunded in poor countries: e.g. cassava, sorghum, yams
Higher-yielding seeds deliver benefits even when other problems (little irrigation and mechanization or bad market access)
Here investment for CGIAR, the organization that did original green revolution
A hundred years ago, two-thirds of humanity was starving
But still today, 10% malnourished
We can do much better: invest in agricultural R&D to increase yields
New research: 133 million fewer hungry + each dollar delivers $33 of social benefits
copenhagenconsensus.com/publication/ha…
Hunger still affects 769 million people, costing $1 trillion a year
We need a second green revolution:
R&D to increase yields, making food cheaper and more plentiful
New research: A dollar spent here delivers an astounding $33 of social benefits
copenhagenconsensus.com/publication/ha…
Background: The world has promised everything to everyone with UN's Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs
But we're not delivering
We'll be half a century late
How to fix?
If we can't do everything, let's do the smartest first
The world has 169 priorities, from peace, climate change, hunger, disease and education to more recycling
169 priorities is like having none
And we're failing
We've identified the world's 12 most effective policies
Here writing with Debroy, PM Modi's economic advisor
economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-com…
In total, I'm writing about 12 of the world's most effective solutions over the next three months in more than 35 papers around the world
Here is my introduction to the most effective policies — the ones that will deliver vast positive impact for the world at a very modest cost
This is from Indonesia, The Jakarta Times
thejakartapost.com/opinion/2023/0…
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