Everything Else Can Wait, Agriculture Can’t.

I Now Say That The World Has The Technology - Either Available Or Well Advanced In The Research Pipeline - To Feed On A Sustainable Basis A Population Of 10 Billion People. The More Pertinent Question Today Is Whether Farmers And Ranchers Will Be Permitted To Use This New Technology? While The Affluent Nations Can Certainly Afford To Adopt Ultra Low-risk Positions, And Pay More For Food Produced By The So-called "organic" Methods, The One Billion Chronically Undernourished People Of The Low Income, Food-deficit Nations Cannot.

This Is A Basic Problem, To Feed 6.6 Billion People. Without Fertilizer, Forget It. The Game Is Over.

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.

Man Can And Must Prevent The Tragedy Of Famine In The Future Instead Of Merely Trying With Pious Regret To Salvage The Human Wreckage Of The Famine, As He Has So Often Done In The Past.

Therefore I Feel That The Aforementioned Guiding Principle Must Be Modified To Read: If You Desire Peace, Cultivate Justice, But At The Same Time Cultivate The Fields To Produce More Bread; Otherwise There Will Be No Peace.