Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 25. März 1914 |
Geburtsort | Cresco, Iowa, United States |
Todesort | Dallas |
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Beschreibung | Norman Ernest Borlaug (/ˈbɔːrlɔːɡ/; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Later in his life, he helped apply these methods of increasing food production in Asia and Africa. |
Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.
Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.
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.
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.
