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Jim Carrey and the Better U Foundation

>Founded in 2005 by actor Jim Carrey, The Better U Foundation(BUF) addresses global food security by supporting the System of Rice Intensification(SRI).

>In 2010, I was pleased to have been invited to address the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City on the success and future of SRI. The Better U Foundation is committed to sharing the exciting news about SRI and ensuring that its dramatic early success is only the beginning. With the goal of empowering others by supporting transformational and sustainable ideas, the Better U Foundation is committed to cultivating a better universe.

What is System of Rice Intensification?

>The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a methodology aimed at increasing the yield of rice produced in farming. It is a low water, labor-intensive, method that uses younger seedlings singly spaced and typically hand weeded with special tools.

>>SRI was developed in Madagascar through the efforts of Fr. Henri de Laulaniè, S.J., who spent 34 years of his life working with poor farmers there, to help them reduce their poverty and hunger by improving their production of rice, the source of more than half of Malagasies’ calories. He sought to rely on simple methods that would not require purchase of external inputs.

Better U Foundation currently has operations in Haiti, Madagascar, and Mali

http://betterufoundation.org/