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" I like the back country, wildlife and all of that, but it's wrong to force poor people to live that way. "
Norman Borlaug
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" The lack of roads in Africa greatly hinders agriculture, education, and development. "
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" In my Nobel lecture, I suggested we had until the year 2000 to tame the population monster, and then food shortages would take us under. Now I believe we have a little longer. "
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" Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods. "
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