Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply. — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless. — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming we could only feed four billion of them. Which two billion would… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
This is a basic problem, to feed 6.6 billion people. Without fertilizer, forget it. The game is over. — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods. — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
