Enough: Why The World's Poorest Starve In And Age Of Plenty (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
This was a very interesting book and I learned a lot from it. It felt like more of a collection of articles rather than a cohesive book, though. The authors talked about how important it is to increase crop yields, then in the next chapter how increased crop yields would lead to crisis without the markets to support them. In one chapter they talked about how crop subsidies in the West are hurting farmers around the world, then about how those farmers desperately need subsidies themselves. These things can be logically put together, but the authors presented them without making the necessary connections or explaining how the policies didn't contradict themselves. That being said, the book is a good read. The first half explains the history of world hunger and attempts to address it in the 20th and 21st centuries, and why we haven't succeeded. The second half is mostly inspirational stories of how people have made differences in the hunger problem in Africa. I learned more about geo-politics and agriculture than I had ever thought that I'd care to know. My first assumption about this book is that it would be railing on greedy Americans, and in all honesty it sort of did, but it did so in a way that was fair and convincing. It was a far more interesting book than I had thought it would be and the book told many great stories of people who were either helping, being helped or needing help and how geo-politics are impacting the ability to assist starving nations. It also exposed the organic fad that we are currently experiencing. I highly recommend this book, it almost made me want to become a bio-engineer and work in agriculture.
What do You think about Enough: Why The World's Poorest Starve In And Age Of Plenty (2000)?
I find it incredibly insightful into GMOs and the global food crisis. Very informative.
—Kylarenee
Slightly political in the cheap shot kinda way, but still a great informative read.
—droidangel
