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monday, epril 30, 1979
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By Kevin Field
ine worx ana. researcri ot. Americas
land grant universities are the key to su
turing if, not solving the world's hunger
problem said the chancellor of the largest
university system in the United States.
f ; Clifton .Wharton, of the State Univer
sity of New York, spoke last Friday to
about 150 people on East Campus on "The
Und-Grant University-Engine of Agricul
tural Development.
ti With the passage of th iMd-Grant aet
of 1862, Wharton said, the United State!
has become the greatest agricultural power
in the world. In 1870, each farmer fed
himself and five other, people. Today, the.
averagi farmer will produce enough to feed
himself and fifty Others, he added.
said. The biggest problem is keeping up
with the vastly Increasing population, he
said. In 21 years, the world's population
will reach eight billion if it continues it its
current rate. ,
' "Every two weeks Brazil adds art
Omaha, he added.
Steady bertase
On the average, populations ire increas
ing at about 2 to 3 percent per year. There
fore output must also increase at that rate
just to keep up. He described It as "taking
all the running you can do to Stay in one
place."
. It is through the work of the land-grant
universities that the increases have been
met, though many taxpayers are unaware
of the contributions of land-grand institu
tions Over the years in the war on hunger,
Wharton said.
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i However, much of the world faces the ..' Wharton said he believes our efforts
threats of severe inadequacy of food, he must change front the short-term programs
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20 leading Schools of journalism invited
to develop oral and written presentations
discussing the roles of business and the
news media.
Student teams from the six top schools
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to the long-term.
"Seeing starving children in a foreign
land while we eat a fat meal stabs our con
science; but as soori as there is a bumper
year in the third world, we put out worries
on the shelf.
Two constraints must be met, he said,
for any programs to work.
First, technological innovations are
needed to convert the potential of third
world nations into reality and second,
improved distribution, to insure the aid
reaches the farmers, Wharton said.
Programs have helped
Wharton added that the programs
should not solely work ort a particular
problem, but to aid the host country so it
may be able to solve its own future
problems.
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laborttive research designed to pool the
expertise of top scholars from Various In
stitutions. UNL is currently managing one
such program In conjunction with seven
other universities.
Wharton believes the programs have
been beneficial. "The U.S. development
assistance programs have, made a
difference. Though we have not won, we
have kept up."
"Each day, our planet that once seemed
so vast, becomes a global village. The pro
grams help demonstrate to the entire world
that freedom from hunger is more
Important than the sale of aims," he said;
Wharton added that most programs re
sult from a request for aid from a country,
not U.S. intervention in foreign affairs.
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