my name is abass goudiaby. i'm a farmer. i tend my fields. i earn my upkeep working the land. for me globalization means respecting differences. and the capacity for every single person -- wherever they are in the world -- to be aware of what's happening elsewhere in the world. and to adjust their lifestyle accordingly. i worry about losing my identity, disappearing into a totally unfamiliar world and not knowing where i come from and where i'm heading. it would make me happy for all the children in my country to have access to all human knowledge available today. for the future i hope that africa embraces renewable energy and assimilates all the appropriate technology. i would like to visit the developed countries because of the monuments they have there. they depict a history that is not my own and in which i can see the whole of humanity. >> our planet is not only getting ever more crowded. we are also increasingly seeing more and more people leave the countryside to move to the big cities. more than half of mankind already lives in urban centers. a trend that is gathering