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Not a news story, but a great example of how to increase economic independence for people who otherwise would have none: Full Belly Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Full Belly Project Ltd is a non-profit organization based out of Wilmington, North Carolina, which designs labor-saving devices to improve the lives of people in developing countries. At present one of their primary objectives is to increase the cost effectiveness of peanut agriculture as a means of sustainable development in those countries, through the development of affordable appropriate technology which they place in the public domain.