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Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
Born: Mar 25, 1914
Food Man People Progress Will World
Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming
We must recognize the fact that adequate food is only the first requisite for life. For a decent and humane life, we must also provide an opportunity for good education, remunerative employment, comfortable housing, good clothing, and effective and compassionate medical care. Norman Borlaug
Life Education Good Food Opportunity Care First Humane Adequate Recognize Must Only Fact Also Employment Comfortable Housing Provide Effective Decent Clothing Requisite Good Education Compassionate Medical Medical Care
Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. Norman Borlaug
History Man Insist Seems Available Ignoring Lessons
Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. Norman Borlaug
Today Food Adequate Evolved Civilization Food Supply Could Supply Known Without Nor Survive
The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world. Norman Borlaug
People World Revolution Those Entirely Developing Most Privileged Than Green Affluent Forgotten Nations Different Meaning Different Meaning
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods. Norman Borlaug
Plant Desolation Despair Ancient Spirits Supernatural Remedies Drought Were Gods Diseases Ages
When the Nobel Peace Prize Committee designated me the recipient of the 1970 award for my contribution to the 'green revolution,' they were in effect, I believe, selecting an individual to symbolize the vital role of agriculture and food production in a world that is hungry, both for bread and for peace. Norman Borlaug
Food Me Peace World Agriculture Revolution Believe Recipient Hungry Vital Both Individual Selecting Nobel Nobel Peace Prize Were Effect Prize Role Green Contribution Committee Bread Production Award Symbolize
The lack of roads in Africa greatly hinders agriculture, education, and development. Norman Borlaug
Education Agriculture Roads Development Hinders Greatly Lack Africa
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. Norman Borlaug
Buy God Health Food Better Organic Pay Believe Bit Some More Point Point Of View Consumers Bless God Bless Them Organic Food View
Central African farmers don't have any animal power because sleeping sickness kills all the animals - cattle, the horses, the burros and the mules. So draft animals don't exist, and farming is all by hand, and the hand tools are hoes and machetes. Norman Borlaug
Animal Sickness Animals Power Sleeping Tools Horses Because Cattle Exist Hand Any African Central Farmers Farming Mules Draft
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. Norman Borlaug
Change Progress Revolution Relatively Several Evident Significant Unaffected Impact Area Remains Countries Becoming Still Green Cereal Production Now
Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless. Norman Borlaug
Food Man Justice Few Live Other Components Weeks Most Without Social Meaningless Social Justice
The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total world population, live in poverty, with hunger as a constant companion and fear of famine a continual menace. Norman Borlaug
People World Fear Made Poverty Live Hunger Constant Total Menace Percent More Developing Primarily Most Up Than Forgotten Nations Famine Where Fifty Companion Population
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. Norman Borlaug
Food World Problems Will Master Engineering Assume Guessing Unless Complex Must Gene Through Answer Coming Very Yield Decades May Happen Which Eventually
As far as plants are concerned, they can't tell whether that nitrate ion comes from artificial chemicals or from decomposed organic matter. Norman Borlaug
Matter Plants Organic Tell Concerned Chemicals Artificial As Far As Whether Far
It's a free society. But don't tell the world that we can feed the present population without chemical fertilizer. That's when this misinformation becomes destructive. Norman Borlaug
World Free Free Society Society Tell Destructive Misinformation Feed Without Becomes Chemical Fertilizer Population Present
One of the greatest threats to mankind today is that the world may be choked by an explosively pervading but well camouflaged bureaucracy. Norman Borlaug
Today World Threats Well Greatest Bureaucracy May Mankind Choked
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. Norman Borlaug
People Mind Seen Something Know Got Places Depressing Poor Help
Roads are essential to any type of agricultural development. Norman Borlaug
Type Roads Development Any Essential Agricultural
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. Norman Borlaug
Food Fight Battle Progress Control Increased Those Hunger Until Permanent Effort Common Against Agencies Production Population Unite

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