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“I now say that the world has the technology - either available or well advanced in the research pipeline - to feed on a sustainable basis a population of 10 billion people. The more pertinent question today is whether farmers and ranchers will be permitted to use this new technology? While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions, and pay more for food produced by the so-called "organic" methods, the one billion chronically undernourished people of the low income, food-deficit nations cannot.”

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Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug

Norman Borlaug, born on March 25, 1914, and died on September 12, 2009, was an outstanding agricultural scientist. He is renowned for his contributions to wheat breeding and is often referred to as the 'Father of the Green Revolution'. Borlaug's work significantly increased global food production, playing a crucial role in alleviating the food crisis of the mid-20th century. more

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