It can ensure that poor,rural people, whose lives and livelihoods, depend on the earth's productive capacity, have the means to produce more and to produce it better, GDP growth generated by agriculture has been shown to be at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. In recent years, more attention is being paid to the importance of smallholder farms.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Do you think in some ways it is back to you being confronted with the rights of animals, in some way someone has to be confronted with poverty.

您是否觉得某种程度上来说，这和,您当时面对动物权利的问题时一样，一些人也不得不直面贫困问题。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"Development is a right and that should continue but that perhaps paths where there could be a reconciliation of the objective of poverty reduction, enhanced standards of living, a life of greater dignity in developing countries can be reconciled with climate objectives by shifting the sources of energy away from the fossil fuels to the cleaner and lower carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01