There Are No Miracles In Agricultural Production.

Contrasting Sharply, In The Developing Countries Represented By India, Pakistan, And Most Of The Countries In Asia And Africa, Seventy To Eighty Percent Of The Population Is Engaged In Agriculture, Mostly At The Subsistence Level.

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.

Even If You Could Use All The Organic Material That You Have--the Animal Manures, The Human Waste, The Plant Residues--and Get Them Back On The Soil, You Couldn't Feed More Than 4 Billion People. In Addition, If All Agriculture Were Organic, You Would Have To Increase Cropland Area Dramatically, Spreading Out Into Marginal Areas And Cutting Down Millions Of Acres Of Forests.

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

During The Past Three Years Spectacular Progress Has Been Made In Increasing Wheat, Rice, And Maize Production In Several Of The Most Populous Developing Countries Of Southern Asia, Where Widespread Famine Appeared Inevitable Only Five Years Ago