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> [Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/yet-food-is-something-that-is-taken-for-granted-by-most-world-leaders/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

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## More by Norman Borlaug

> [Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/without-food-man-at-most-can-live-but-a-few-weeks-without-it-all/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/for-behind-the-scenes-halfway-around-the-world-in-mexico-were-two/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/nevertheless-the-number-of-farmers-small-as-well-as-large-who-are/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/man-seems-to-insist-on-ignoring-the-lessons-available-from-history/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/almost-certainly-the-first-essential-component-of-social-justice-is/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/the-forgotten-world-is-made-up-primarily-of-the-developing-nations/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/yet-food-is-something-that-is-taken-for-granted-by-most-world-leaders/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/there-are-6-6-billion-people-on-the-planet-today-with-organic-farming/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [This is a basic problem, to feed 6.6 billion people. Without fertilizer, forget it. The game is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/this-is-a-basic-problem-to-feed-6-6-billion-people-without-fertilizer/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/during-the-past-three-years-spectacular-progress-has-been-made-in/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/civilization-as-it-is-known-today-could-not-have-evolved-nor-can-it/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/plant-diseases-drought-desolation-despair-were-recurrent-catastrophes/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy to eighty percent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/contrasting-sharply-in-the-developing-countries-represented-by-india/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/food-is-the-moral-right-of-all-who-are-born-into-this-world/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

> [Even if you could use all the organic material that you have--the animal manures, the human waste, the plant residues--and get them back on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/even-if-you-could-use-all-the-organic-material-that-you-have-the/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

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