The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.
Norman BorlaugThis is a basic problem, to feed 6.6 billion people. Without fertilizer, forget it. The game is over.
Norman BorlaugTo this day, I enjoy nature, the luxury of undisturbed wilderness, forests, mountains, lakes, rivers and deserts and their wildlife. But I also know that the greatest danger to their perpetuity is the pressure of human population.
Norman BorlaugThe 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