Hunger and Malnutrition

2013-03-05 Por fim, após 12 anos de atraso devido aos opositores dos alimentos geneticamente modificados (GM), o chamado “arroz dourado” com vitamina A vai ser cultivado nas Filipinas. Ao longo destes 12 anos, cerca de oito milhões de crianças em todo o mundo morreram com deficiência de vitamina A. Não serão os anti-GM em parte responsáveis por isso? Leia mais

Racjonalista 2013-02-21  Wreszcie, po 12 latach opóźnień spowodowanych przez przeciwników genetycznie modyfikowanej (GMO) żywności, tak zwany „złoty ryż" z witaminą A będzie uprawiany na Filipinach. Przez te 12 lat około ośmiu milionów dzieci zmarło z powodu niedoborów witaminy A. Czy bojownicy walczący przeciwko GMO nie są częściowo odpowiedzialni? Przeczytaj artykuł w Internecie lub w pliku PDF poniżej.  

2013-02-15 SÃO PAULO – Finally, after 12 years of delay caused by opponents of genetically modified (GM) foods, so-called “golden rice” with vitamin A will be grown in the Philippines. Over those 12 years, about eight million children worldwide died from vitamin A deficiency. Are anti-GM advocates not partly responsible?

11 September, 2012 in the New York Times

By Bjørn Lomborg

The Stanford study showed what most academics already knew: there are few if any health benefits of organic foods. In reaction, many critics of the study emphasized their lower pesticide content, and general environmental benefits.

But these points conceal much larger drawbacks. 

2012-05-23 Si tuviera 75.000 millones de dólares para gastar en los próximos cuatro años y su objetivo fuera mejorar el bienestar de la humanidad, en especial, el mundo en desarrollo, ¿cómo le sacaría el máximo provecho a ese dinero?  Esa pregunta la hice ante un pánel compuesto por cinco de los mejores economistas, incluidos cuatro galardonados con el Premio Nobel, durante el proyecto del Consenso de Copenhague del 2012.

  2012-05-20 Ако имате 75 милијарди долари да ги потрошите во текот на следните четири години, и вашата цел е да се унапредат благосостојбата на луѓето, особено во земјите во развој, како може најдобро да ги искористите своите пари? Тоа е прашањето што го поставив пред група од пет водечки економисти, вклучувајќи и четири добитници на Нобелова награда, на проектот Копенхаген Консензус 2012. Учесниците на панел-дискусијата беа избрани поради нивната стручност во утврдување на приоритетите и нивната способност да ги користат економските принципи за да се споредат политичките избори.

How Better Nutrition for Children Helps Solve Two of the World’s Biggest Problems

A group of Nobel laureates analyze the cost-effectiveness of solutions to the world's biggest problems By Bjørn Lomborg Posted Monday, May 14, 2012, at 1:53 PM ET

Over the past two weeks, I have challenged Slate readers to decide what priority to give competing ways to help the planet. We looked at 10 topics, from biodiversity to water and sanitation. In total, there were nearly 40 investment proposals, each with a cost and its own set of benefits.

The goal of Copenhagen Consensus 2012 was to set priorities among a series of proposals for confronting ten great global challenges. A panel of economic experts, comprising some of the world’s most distinguished economists, was invited to consider these issues. The ten challenge papers, commissioned from acknowledged authorities in each area of policy, included nearly 40 proposals for the panel’s consideration. During the conference the panel examined these proposals in detail.

2012-04-30 Dekade yang baru lalu ini kita telah menyaksikan kemajuan luar biasa dalam upaya menghadapi tantangan besar yang menghadang umat manusia Lihat saja keberhasilan melawan polio di India yang tampaknya tidak terpikirkan sepuluh tahun yang lalu Januari yang lalu menandai setahun sudah sejak terakhir dilaporkannya kasus polio di negeri itu Atau lihat juga kemajuan yang dicapai melawan malaria. (...) 

How To Get Food on Every Table We have enough food to feed everyone. But we need to produce even more. Here’s why. By Bjørn Lomborg Posted Friday, April 27, 2012. The problem of hunger can be solved. The planet creates more than enough food to meet everyone’s needs. But there are still about 925 million hungry people in the world, and nearly 180 million preschool-age children do not get vital nutrients.