"Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by……" — 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 the population is engaged in agriculture, mostly at the subsistence level."
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30 Quotes by Norman Borlaug
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Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but…
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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.
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The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.
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Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are…
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Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
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Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
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There are no miracles in agricultural production.
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I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions…
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Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of…
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Everything else can wait, agriculture can’t.
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Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right…
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To this day, I enjoy nature, the luxury of undisturbed wilderness, forests, mountains, lakes, rivers and deserts and their wildlife.…
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