Books by Roger Thurow
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review 1: I had to keep reminding myself that this wasn't fiction. We seem so far away, so distanced from thoughts like these and issues that go on outside of our bubbles. This book has the power to illicit changes on macro and micro levels. By teaching these families how to farm and loani...
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review 1: It's a shame that a book like this had to be written. It's not a doom & gloom book but I think anyone who reads it would be hard pressed to feel good after reading it. It clearly demonstrated how aid from the "first" world to the "third" world was detrimental to the farmers but m...
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review 1: This is the true story of four smallholder farmers in Kenya who participate in an agricultural training program that helps increase their crop yields and promises to help them fight the hunger season in future years. Reading this made me long to go help in this work. Andrew Youn,...