Juan Enriquez Quotes

These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution. It is not a violent Red Revolution like that of the Soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of the Shah of Iran. I call it the Green Revolution

It was the greatest contribution towards the whole of human race, made by China, is to prevent its 1.3 billion people from hunger

I had the privilege of knowing and working with Norman Borlaug - who has been aptly described by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee as the greatest hunger fighter of our time - for nearly 50 years.

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.

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.

Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.

The Second Green Revolution, as the world's population grows to over 9 billion by 2050, is the new revolution we have to have to lift food production by another 75 percent.

Improving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.

Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology.

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

There can be no effective solution of the Indian food problem that does not include population control.

China has come a long way from being a nation of opium addicts to the status of a global power

India, China, and Latin America have a tremendous stake in the people's century. As their masses learn to read and write, and as they become productive mechanics, their standard of living will double and treble.

… whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

The humble American sweet potato helped China double its population to 300 million by 1800.

IT put India on the map of the world and told Indians that they are somebody in the world. There is something about technology that is very empowering: 'We are designing software for the best companies in the world.'

When I was a kid in junior high, I had an assignment to discuss how to rescue poor people in India. I remember my teacher at the time considered it an impossible problem. Now, we're not talking that way anymore. We're sure not talking about that for China. They're rescuing themselves thanks to globalization.

With global markets ever expanding, we need to make sure that our American farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers are well positioned to continue to lead the world.

In India, we have the opportunity to give innovation the kind of scale that no other country in the world can.

Surely, if we are going to be better at producing food of the right value, then we have to accept that genetic technology... is going to be part of that.

When the Nobel Peace Prize Committee designated me the recipient of the 1970 award for my contribution to the 'green revolution,' they were in effect, I believe, selecting an individual to symbolize the vital role of agriculture and food production in a world that is hungry, both for bread and for peace.

Farmers, young and old, educated and uneducated, have easily taken to the new agronomy. It has been heart-warming to see young college graduates, retired officials, ex-armymen, illiterate peasants and small farmers queuing up to get the new seeds.

There is talk about the need for a second Green Revolution. However, such a revolution is nowhere in sight.