"For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world……" — Norman Borlaug
"For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries."
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Norman Borlaug
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30 Quotes by Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug has 30 quotes on this site.
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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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Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy…
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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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As professor of global peace studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia I am committed to the ending of…
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I think we came out the last couple of game and have been able to get it going. The first…
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Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless.
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The vast majority of the race whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind at heart and shrink from inflicting pain,…
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