Norman Borlaug Quotes About Green Revolution
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I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front.
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Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. Yet today 50 percent of the world’s population goes hungry. Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.
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Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.
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Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
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Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.
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Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
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Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.
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The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.
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Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now becoming evident in several countries
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Norman Borlaug
- Born: March 25, 1914
- Died: September 12, 2009
- Occupation: Agricultural Scientist
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