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Women and men trash rice grass to remove the grains in Ahero, Kenya on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Farmers in Ahero got a good harvest last season, after the government revived a rice program that collapsed more than a decade ago. Heads of state and government from around the world gather in Rome on Monday at an FAO summit to explore new strategies. The summit's top goal is to rally the world behind a change in aid policy, and to secure a pledge to spend more money to develop agriculture in poor countries. Kenya's program could serve as a model for a radical change in aid policy _ getting people to feed themselves. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/ Khalil Senosi)