Howard Graham Buffett, son of the legendary billionaire investor Warren Buffett, has poured his heart out in a lyrical expression of the spirit of American philanthropy. Forty Chances is a collection of 40 stories about hunger, poverty and violent civil wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These stories are meant to mentor and evangelise lessons in conservation agriculture for food security.In the Foreword, Warren Buffett recognises the arbitrariness of the "ovarian lottery" in creating haves and have-nots. But inspired by the "boundless energy" of his "farmer son", the Oracle of Omaha believes that lucky ones can share their good fortune through "intelligent philanthropy". So, in 2006, when he decided to donate a substantial part of his fortune to philanthropy, his son Howard took it upon himself to address the crisis in farming and global hunger.The leitmotif of the book revolves around age-old wisdom of "40 growing seasons" in farming. This nugget about farming life comes from a

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Ashwani Kumar

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