The Destiny Of World Civilization Depends Upon

Some Of The Environmental Lobbyists Of The Western Nations Are The Salt Of The Earth, But Many Of Them Are Elitists. They Have Never Experienced The Physical Sensation Of Hunger. They Do Their Lobbying From Comfortable Office Suites In Washington Or Brussels. If They Lived Just One Month Amid The Misery Of The Developing World, As I Have For Fifty Years, They Would Be Crying Out For Tractors, And Fertilizer, And Irrigation Canals, And Be Outraged That Fashionable Elitists Back Home Were Trying To Deny Them These Things.

To This Day, I Enjoy Nature, The Luxury Of Undisturbed Wilderness, Forests, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers And Deserts And Their Wildlife. But I Also Know That The Greatest Danger To Their Perpetuity Is The Pressure Of Human Population.

Cereal Production In The Rain-fed Areas Still Remains Relatively Unaffected By The Impact Of The Green Revolution, But Significant Change And Progress Are Now Becoming Evident In Several Countries

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.

Civilization As It Is Known Today Could Not Have Evolved, Nor Can It Survive, Without An Adequate Food Supply.