Agriculture Quote by Norman Borlaug

In India, unlike in the United States and Australia, agriculture is not just a food producing enterprise but also the backbone of the livelihood…

— M. S. Swaminathan

We recognize that the majority of people who are food-insecure or hungry in the world live in rural areas. And most of them are…

— Ertharin Cousin

A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor…

— Clive James

Agriculture is at the same time the most tranquil, healthy, and independent occupation.

— Thomas Jefferson

Agriculture helps in growing a nation

— Vineet Shroff

In Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture represents two-thirds of all employment, governments are proving that resource commitments yield success. In 2004, African heads of state…

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

In addition to being a vital part of our history, agriculture is central to our growing economy and maintaining the outstanding quality of life…

— Ralph Northam

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

— Michael Shellenberger

“A good family farm produces more, in net terms, than the farm family consumes. The good farmer has secured enough land to grow crops…

— Jørgen Randers

What leads to a growth - skills, demographics, natural resources, democracy, entrepreneurship - India has in abundant measure.

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without…

— Allan Savory

We are not just a farming area, Africa has great potential and we are a developing continent.

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters