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.
Interpretation
The green revolution is perceived differently based on oneβs socio-economic status and geographical context.
This quote by Norman Borlaug highlights the disparity in how advancements in agriculture, particularly the green revolution, are understood and valued by different populations. While affluent nations may see it as a technological success that ensures food security, those in developing countries may view it as a lifeline in the struggle against poverty and hunger, showcasing the stark contrast between the privileged and the less fortunate.
In practice
During a speech on agricultural advancements in developing countries.
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
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.
We are 6.6 billion people now. We can only feed 4 billion. I don't see 2 billion volunteers to disappear.
Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has been phenomenal.
Africa needs roads. Roads bring know-how and fertilizer to farmers and ideas and business for commerce.
This is a basic problem, to feed 6.6 billion people. Without fertilizer, forget it. The game is over.
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What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself
To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people.
The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.
Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically, and spiritually - women who are powerless to change their condition in life. They are a silent majority.
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