“The production of natural resources in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, stable natural hydrological cycles, fertile soils, a balanced climate and numerous other vital ecosystem services can only be permanently secured through the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity.” UseNaturalDiversityResourcesClimateProductionsProtectionSoilCyclesStableBalancedAgricultureNatural ResourcesEcosystemsFertileSecuredFertile SoilFisheries Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we see in the structure of the organic world. That was a great advance in the knowledge of living nature.” WorldNaturalPracticeMaterialsTheoryEvolutionBasesStructureAgricultureAdaptationTheory Of EvolutionCausation Book:Soviet Biology: Report to the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences Source: Soviet Biology: Report to the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
“Food security is an authentically human requirement. Guaranteeing it for present and future generations also means safeguarding ourselves against the uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources. Indeed, the process of consumption and waste seems to overlook any concern for ... biodiversity, which is so important for agriculture.” HumansMeanImportantSeemsProcessNaturalGenerationsLandSecurityWasteResourcesConcernConsumptionAgricultureExploitationRequirementsFuture GenerationNatural ResourcesBiodiversityFood SecuritySafeguarding Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“People forget that eating represents their most profound engagement with the natural world. Through agriculture is how we change the world, more than anything else we do.” PeopleWorldNaturalForgetEatingProfoundChanging The WorldEngagementAgricultureNatural World Author:Michael Pollan
“The seven things that make up the rainbow of India's development are India's strong and deep rooted family system, Agriculture-Animal development, India's Matru Shakti (women power), Natural Resources (Jal, Jameen, Jungle), Youth power, Vibrant Democracy and Knowledge.” StrongNaturalAnimalDemocracyYouthDevelopmentResourcesIndiaSevenRootedRainbowAgricultureJungleGovernanceNatural ResourcesWomen PowerShakti Author:Narendra Modi
“Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.” ThinkingHumansWellsUseEarthEnergyWaterNaturalEnvironmentPopulationSustainabilitySaltSplitsAgricultureMaintainingManufacturingSuppliesFootprintNatural EnvironmentSalt Water Author:Jamais Cascio
“As mankind becomes more enlightened to know their real interests, they will esteem the value of agriculture; they will find it in their natural--their destined occupation.” KnowsRealValuesInterestNaturalMankindEsteemEnlightenedOccupationAgricultureDestined Author:Edmund Burke