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A、To research and design more advanced shellers. B、To popularize agricultural devices in rural areas. C、To provide as many job o
A、To research and design more advanced shellers. B、To popularize agricultural devices in rural areas. C、To provide as many job o
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2022-11-07
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Peanuts are an important crop in many developing countries. But getting them out of their shells is tiring without a machine. In 2001, a Canadian inventor, Jock Brandis, designed a hand-powered peanut sheller for a village in Mali. It can shell about 56 kilograms of peanuts in one hour. By the end of this year, 20 countries will be using the Universal Nut Sheller and other technologies from the Full Belly Project. This non-profit group was established in North Carolina in 2003. The aim is to fight hunger and help rural economies with labor-saving agricultural devices that can be reproduced locally. Former Peace Corps volunteer Jeff Rose heads the Full Belly Project. He says a village in Malawi uses a single sheller to process 30 tons of peanuts over two months. Selling them raised $16 000. The United States Agency for International Development also provided money, and the village was able to build a water well. That single machine, says Jeff Rose, cost the village just $28 to make. There are two main ways that the group provides its technologies. One is where individuals or groups based in the United States donate $700. In return, they take a kit and build the sheller in a developing country. The second way the group distributes its machines is through partnerships with non-governmental organizations. The Full Belly Project also has a pedal-powered sheller. Now, volunteers are designing a pedal-powered grain crusher. Goals for the future include all the simple technologies needed to make ready-to-use healthy foods to treat malnutrition.
19. What did Jock Brandis invent in 2001?
20. What is the aim of establishing the Full Belly Project in North Carolina?
21. What is the Full Belly Project going to do in the future?
选项
A、To research and design more advanced shellers.
B、To popularize agricultural devices in rural areas.
C、To provide as many job opportunities as possible.
D、To develop rural economies and get rid of hunger.
答案
D
解析
短文中提到,该非营利组织(温饱工程)于2003年在北卡罗来纳州成立,其目的是对抗饥饿,使用可以节省劳动力的农具帮助发展农村经济。
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