Comments on: The Green Evolution that preceded the Green Revolution http://agro.biodiver.se/2010/03/the-green-evolution-that-preceded-the-green-revolution/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeremy http://agro.biodiver.se/2010/03/the-green-evolution-that-preceded-the-green-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-842352 Jeremy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:53:21 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=10723#comment-842352 ... "because the technologies it ushered in were no use to small peasant farmers." My post has little to do with Norman Borlaug or how many "lives he saved". It is to do with the billion people who are currently chronically hungry, and the billion more who are obese. … “because the technologies it ushered in were no use to small peasant farmers.”

My post has little to do with Norman Borlaug or how many “lives he saved”. It is to do with the billion people who are currently chronically hungry, and the billion more who are obese.

]]> By: AndrĂ© http://agro.biodiver.se/2010/03/the-green-evolution-that-preceded-the-green-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-842260 AndrĂ© Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:59:08 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=10723#comment-842260 " The standard litany against the Green Revolution is that it failed to banish hunger"... Yet Norman Borlaug is celebrated as the father of the Green Revolution and the man who saved a billion lives. As to the conclusion of this excellent post, it would be nice to think that we could have both a Green Evolution and a Green Revolution. There will be nine billion mouths to be fed by 2050. ” The standard litany against the Green Revolution is that it failed to banish hunger”… Yet Norman Borlaug is celebrated as the father of the Green Revolution and the man who saved a billion lives.

As to the conclusion of this excellent post, it would be nice to think that we could have both a Green Evolution and a Green Revolution. There will be nine billion mouths to be fed by 2050.

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