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We will be guilty of criminal negligence, without extenuation, if we permit future famines.

~Norman Borlaug

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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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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.

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If people want to believe that the organic food has better nutritive value, it's up to them to make that foolish decision. But there's absolutely no research that shows that organic foods provide better nutrition.

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We must recognize the fact that adequate food is only the first requisite for life. For a decent and humane life, we must also provide an opportunity for good education, remunerative employment, comfortable housing, good clothing, and effective and compassionate medical care.

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The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.

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For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.

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Unless progress with agricultural yields remains very strong, the next century will experience sheer human misery that, on a numerical scale, will exceed the worst of everything that has come before.

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In my Nobel lecture, I suggested we had until the year 2000 to tame the population monster, and then food shortages would take us under. Now I believe we have a little longer.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: March 25th, 1914

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