“I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front.”
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For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.
Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.
Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry.
Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.