Offset water scarcity and increase food crop yields and quality
for smallholder farmers in developing economies Distribute
enough superabsorbent in five years so that 1 million
subsistence farming households grow their way out of poverty -
then 10 million and 100 million households (see
http://www.abundancefarming.org/supporters.html ) Alignment With
Global Goals Millennium Development Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme
Poverty & Hunger -Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion
of people whose income is less than $1 a day World Bank, World
Health Organization and the UN/FAO unite to promote potato
farming in the developing world to meet the Millennium
Development Goals – naming 2008 the "International Year of the
Potato" “Water harvesting techniques are useful for bridging
short dry spells…improving rain-fed agriculture holds
considerable potential to increase food production and reduce
poverty” - 2007 UN report, Coping with Water Scarcity AFP
Metrics and Assessment Key evaluation metrics and measures for
each pro