This Is A Basic Problem, To Feed

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

There Are 6.6 Billion People On The Planet Today. With Organic Farming We Could Only Feed Four Billion Of Them. Which Two Billion Would Volunteer To Die?

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.

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.

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