Asia Quote by Norman Borlaug

In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply at the…

— Lester R. Brown

Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one…

— Amartya Sen

The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary,…

— Michel Chossudovsky

Famine is a consequence of poverty.

— David Hepworth

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

Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had…

— Joan Chen

In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for…

— John Burdett

The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life…

— Jean Dreze

Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now…

— 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…

— Norman Borlaug

There is no famine or actual starvation nor is there likely to be.

— Walter Duranty

China and India are the success stories; rapid growth in large countries is an engine that can make a colossal dent in world poverty.

— Angus Deaton