Change Quote by David Christian

“Once our ancestors began cultivating land for food, they were running on a wheel, but never fast enough. More land provides more food. And…

— Christopher Ryan

This seems counterintuitive, but turns out that as infant mortality is reduced, population sizes also decrease, because parents don't need to anticipate that their…

— Jane Chen

“In most agricultural societies at least one out of every three children died before reaching twenty.5 Yet the increase in births still outpaced the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

In this country that grows more food than any other nation on this earth, it is unthinkable that any child should go hungry.

— Sela Ward

Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door.

— Lester R. Brown

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be…

— David Ricardo

Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population.

— Daniel Quinn

Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers?

— Phil Harding

“The idea that more dead babies will reduce world population is nonsense and in fact has the opposite effect. It has been demonstrated repeatedly…

— Gabrielle Palmer

The human population can no longer be allowed to grow in the same old uncontrollable way. If we do not take charge of our…

— David Attenborough

I think still it is very fine not to want children. There are far too many people in the world. It is my contribution…

— Helen Mirren

Human population growth is a problem in that most humans consume more than they need. The Earth's resources are now strained to sustain the…

— Sharon Gannon