Adapted Quote by Bill Gates

Empowering small farmers to increase productivity, improve crop quality and access reliable markets is critical to addressing global hunger and poverty.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Agriculture is the backbone of the livelihood security system of nearly 700 million people in the country and we need to build our food…

— M. S. Swaminathan

We want to ensure that food is traded better, farmers get a better price, and consumers are able to access it at affordable prices.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

Food security is an authentically human requirement. Guaranteeing it for present and future generations also means safeguarding ourselves against the uncontrolled exploitation of natural…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food…

— Pat Roberts

To put it bluntly, we now need to reverse course. We need more highly skilled small farmers in more places all across America -…

— Michael Pollan

You do need some dispensation for local farmers, because the fast food industry will promote the unsanitary conditions of farming. With vegetables, you have…

— Alice Waters

High-quality seeds and agricultural inputs ensure farmers can produce enough food for everyone.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

All communities, and low-income communities especially because of food insecurity and lack of access to healthy foods, need more farmers markets, need more community…

— Bryant Terry

Securing a sustainable, safe food supply and supporting the agriculture industry at home and abroad enables the United States to serve as a global…

— Will Hurd

The biggest thing right now, is supporting the people who take care of the environment. We must take care of the people who take…

— Alice Waters

To achieve a Green Revolution, African farmers, must have access to land and security of tenure. They also need access to markets, technology and…

— Ban Ki-moon