Planet Earth’s population reached 7 billion people Monday, according to the United Nations, posing new challenges to provide adequate food for all. (..) In late September of this year, PepsiCo, Inc., the PepsiCo Foundation, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the United States Agency for International Development announced an initiative to tackle food and economic insecurity in Ethiopia by increasing the amount of chickpeas (garbanzo beans) harvested.