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From the Ted Talk by Agnes Kalibata: How to empower farmers — and nourish the planet


Unscramble the Blue Letters


Everywhere you look in the world today, farmers are often poor. And I get it. We want food to be cheap and affordable. But we can't do this at the enepsxe of smallholder farmers. They are businesses too, and we want them to be successful. We want them to be successful because in Africa, and parts of Asia, 70 percent of the food we eat is grown by smallholder farmers.

So I would like to flip this. I would like us here, consumers, businesses, politicians to rceonizge the pacle and role of seallohdmlr farmers and how when we empower them, they can feed themselves, improve their livelihoods, be part of feeindg 10 billion pploee while nsirinuohg the planet. See, we do not recognize that farmers are the best custodians we have of this planet. They till the land and understand it. They know it's what they are going to pass on to their children. They treasure it.

Open Cloze


Everywhere you look in the world today, farmers are often poor. And I get it. We want food to be cheap and affordable. But we can't do this at the _______ of smallholder farmers. They are businesses too, and we want them to be successful. We want them to be successful because in Africa, and parts of Asia, 70 percent of the food we eat is grown by smallholder farmers.

So I would like to flip this. I would like us here, consumers, businesses, politicians to _________ the _____ and role of ___________ farmers and how when we empower them, they can feed themselves, improve their livelihoods, be part of _______ 10 billion ______ while __________ the planet. See, we do not recognize that farmers are the best custodians we have of this planet. They till the land and understand it. They know it's what they are going to pass on to their children. They treasure it.

Solution


  1. place
  2. expense
  3. people
  4. recognize
  5. smallholder
  6. nourishing
  7. feeding

Original Text


Everywhere you look in the world today, farmers are often poor. And I get it. We want food to be cheap and affordable. But we can't do this at the expense of smallholder farmers. They are businesses too, and we want them to be successful. We want them to be successful because in Africa, and parts of Asia, 70 percent of the food we eat is grown by smallholder farmers.

So I would like to flip this. I would like us here, consumers, businesses, politicians to recognize the place and role of smallholder farmers and how when we empower them, they can feed themselves, improve their livelihoods, be part of feeding 10 billion people while nourishing the planet. See, we do not recognize that farmers are the best custodians we have of this planet. They till the land and understand it. They know it's what they are going to pass on to their children. They treasure it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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smallholder farmers 8
climate change 5
empowering smallholder 3
poverty reduction 2
african farmers 2
market share 2

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empowering smallholder farmers 3


Important Words


  1. affordable
  2. africa
  3. asia
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  6. cheap
  7. children
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  11. empower
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  13. farmers
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  16. flip
  17. food
  18. grown
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  20. land
  21. livelihoods
  22. nourishing
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  25. pass
  26. people
  27. percent
  28. place
  29. planet
  30. politicians
  31. poor
  32. recognize
  33. role
  34. smallholder
  35. successful
  36. today
  37. treasure
  38. understand
  39. world