Areas Quote by Norman Borlaug

Green Revolution 1.0 came in 1966-67. I was a farmer then myself. Back then, we were getting food from wherever there was a surplus,…

— Amarinder Singh

A country that cannot feed itself cannot have self-pride, and in the mid-'60s 20 percent of all the wheat produced in America came into…

— Jairam Ramesh

Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better…

— Tom Vilsack

The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three…

— Bill Gates

Less land is being converted into agriculture globally in part because farmers are growing more food on less land.

— Michael Shellenberger

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

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

— Erma Bombeck

After the Green Revolution, I came up with the concept of the Evergreen Revolution. In this we will see increase in farm productivity but…

— M. S. Swaminathan

“Crop rotation and contour plowing require no additional capital equipment and would contribute significantly to productivity. By raising grain storage bins a few inches…

— Campbell R. McConnell

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

Changes to weather patterns that move crop production areas around - we'll adapt to that. It's an engineering problem, and it has engineering solutions.

— Rex Tillerson

It is clear that agriculture as we know it has experienced major changes within the life expectancy of most of us, and these changes…

— Richard Lamm