Green Revolution Quotes:

The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.

- Norman Borlaug

source: Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

topic: People, World, Green, Different Meanings, Affluent

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

- Norman Borlaug

topic: Country, Rain, Cereal, Green Revolution, Breakfast Cereal

Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.

- Norman Borlaug

source: Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

topic: World, Moral, This World, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

- Norman Borlaug

topic: Food, Civilization, Today, Food Safety, Food Supply

You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears.

- Thomas Friedman

topic: Revolution, Green, Disappear, Green Revolution

In Europe and America alike, voters increasingly recognize that the benefits of the green revolution aren't worth the costs, particularly when the revolutionaries don't have a clue what they're doing.

- Jonah Goldberg

source: "All (Green) Thumbs". www.nationalreview.com. June 1, 2012.

topic: Europe, America, Cost, Europe And America, Green Revolution

We heard of White & Green Revolution but now we need a Blue Revolution & harness the potential in fisheries sector.

- Narendra Modi

source: Twitter post from Jul 29, 2014

topic: Blue, White, Innovation, Fisheries, Green Revolution

Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.

- Norman Borlaug

source: "Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad".

topic: Men, Justice, Week, Hunger For Food, Green Revolution

To change our national economic story from one of financial speculation to one of future growth, we need a third industrial revolution: a green revolution. It will transform our economy as surely as the shift from iron to steel, from steam to oil. It will lead us toward a low-carbon future, with cleaner energy and greener growth. With an economy that is built to last - on more sustainable, more stable foundations

- Chris Huhne

topic: Iron, Oil, Growth, Future Growth, Green Revolution

Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. Yet today 50 percent of the world’s population goes hungry. Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.

- Norman Borlaug

source: "World Food Day and the Challenge to Solve World Hunger and Protect the Planet" by John Bryant, Dr. Jason Clay, Lisa Moon, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2016.

topic: Men, Justice, Desire, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

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.

- Norman Borlaug

topic: War, Team, Humble, Food Production, Green Revolution

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.

- Norman Borlaug

source: Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

topic: Gmos, Justice, Desire, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

To achieve a Green Revolution, African farmers, must have access to land and security of tenure. They also need access to markets, technology and improved infrastructure.

- Ban Ki-moon

topic: Technology, Land, Revolution, Green Revolution

The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have.

- Bill Gates

source: "Bill Gates, time traveler". www.politico.com.

topic: Maize, South Africa, Green Revolution

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

- Norman Borlaug

source: Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

topic: Justice, Adequate, Firsts, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

With the increasing demand for holistic health care and the 'green revolution', the demand for aromatherapy will increase, and hopefully we will reach the point where medical doctors incorporate it into their repertoire. It will become routine for doctors to send culture samples to the pharmacist for testing, and identify the relevant aromatherapy for the patient. The stress-relieving properties associated with aromatherapy make it an indispensable part of health care.

- Robert Tisserand

topic: Stress, Doctors, Demand, Medical Doctor, Stress Relieving

There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.

- E. O. Wilson

source: "Darwin's natural heir" by Ed Douglas, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2001.

topic: Gmos, Creating, Green, Green Revolution

If I had a wand and could put statues in different places, one of the statues would go to a man who just died, called Norman Borlaug, who came up with the Green Revolution.

- Juan Enriquez

source: Source: bigthink.com

topic: Men, Different, Green, Green Revolution