I also debated Borlaug once. I believe that I won. He would not have agreed.
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:50:11PM +0100, James Heartfield wrote:
> Michael Perelman: 'I argued against the Green Revolution back in the 60s'
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> Really? You argued against increased grain yields? Or against the use of fertilisers?
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> Considering the millions who owe their lives to increased yields, aren't you glad you lost the argument?
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> 'There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming we could only feed 4 billion of them. Which 2 billion would volunteer to die?' the late Norman Borlaug
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