Grains and Leaves: Weekly Ag-Related News, Events, and Others

• The Economist The Guardian and FT write about nutrition after Save the Children publishes A Life Free From Hunger: Tackling Child Malnutrition  
• “Just because we can produce more on less doesn’t mean people will stop expanding (land for crops)” Says Ruth Defries from The Earth Institute referring to a common misconception about increases in productivity lead to less deforestation.
• Gates criticizes outdated UN agencies Gates attacks 'outdated' UN food agencies
• New World Bank data reports a drop in extreme poverty in every continent: Many write about it: The Economist, Shanta Devarajan's Blog
• Foreign Policy report about the Last Famine
• USAID's Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project ends, leaving behind a website full of great resources
• The Guardian reports how Ethiopian farmers are testing new chickpea crops. This comes after PepsiCo announced last year to invest in country’s Chickpeas crops
• Gates Foundation continues to bankroll agricultural projects
• Forbes’ Bill Conerly writes about the money main in ag commodities
• NPR on Monsanto’s recent court victory over organic growers’ patent sue 
• Oliver De Schutter, UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food