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" Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. "

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" Unless there is one master gene for yield, which I'm guessing there is not, engineering for yield will be very complex. It may happen eventually, but through the coming decades, we must assume that gene engineering will not be the answer to the world's food problems. "

" If the world population continues to increase at the same rate, we will destroy the species. "

" Africa needs roads. Roads bring know-how and fertilizer to farmers and ideas and business for commerce. "

" Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry. "

" During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. "

" Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace. "

" Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. "

" Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods. "

" Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless. "

" Unless progress with agricultural yields remains very strong, the next century will experience sheer human misery that, on a numerical scale, will exceed the worst of everything that has come before. "

" Roads are essential to any type of agricultural development. "

" Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. "

" Most people still fail to comprehend the magnitude and menace of the 'Population Monster.' "

" 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 becoming evident in several countries. "

" If people want to believe that the organic food has better nutritive value, it's up to them to make that foolish decision. But there's absolutely no research that shows that organic foods provide better nutrition. "

" There can be no permanent progress in the battle against hunger until the agencies that fight for increased food production and those that fight for population control unite in a common effort. "

" 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. "

" I like the back country, wildlife and all of that, but it's wrong to force poor people to live that way. "

" I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. "

" These places I've seen have clubbed my mind - they are so poor and depressing. I don't know what we can do to help these people, but we've got to do something. "

" Abnormal stresses and strains tend to accentuate man's animal instincts and provoke irrational and socially disruptive behavior among the less stable individuals in the maddening crowd. "

" The breakup of the former Soviet Union has caused its grain output to plummet, but if the new republics recover economically, they could produce vast amounts of food. "

" One of the greatest threats to mankind today is that the world may be choked by an explosively pervading but well camouflaged bureaucracy. "

" Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists. "

" We will be guilty of criminal negligence, without extenuation, if we permit future famines. "

" If some consumers believe that it's better from the point of view of their health to have organic food, God bless them. Let them buy it. Let them pay a bit more. "

" The lack of roads in Africa greatly hinders agriculture, education, and development. "

" It's amazing how often campaigners in rich countries think poor people don't get backache. "