Mike Pompeo Quotes

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.

The best way to feed the world in 50 years is population control

Feeding the world will be one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. It will be impossible without using scientific advancements and biotechnology.

The challenge of ensuring adequate, nutrient-rich food for an expanding global population is a daunting one, especially given constraints on key resources like water and agricultural land.

We shouldn't let anti-science zealotry shut down the ability to produce low-cost, quality food for billions across the globe.

The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

You've got a global food problem. You've got a food problem in the United States. You've got a food problem in Africa... in Asia. And so the truth is, the U.S. is going to have to produce more, on not very many more acres, honestly. And so we're going to have to do a better job.

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

We have already broken the link between food production and population. This will soon be complete.

The Green Revolution is neither.

We already solved the problem of feeding the world in the 1960s, when we started serving cheeseburgers.

Hunting will never feed lots of people; it will always be a hobby.

Humanity's greatest challenge may soon be just making it to the next harvest.

By themselves, genetically engineered crops will not end hunger or improve health or bolster the economies of struggling countries. They won't save the sight of millions or fortify their bones. But they will certainly help.

Few people sufficiently appreciate the colossal task of feeding a world of billions of omnivores who demand meat with their potatoes.

The reasons for food insecurity are many and varied. But part of the problem is the global farming systems.

If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.

In my view, helping to feed a hungry world is Australia's greatest responsibility and opportunity in the 21st century.

'Generation Food' is a collaboration between myself and author/activist Raj Patel that will tell stories about efforts around the world to try to solve the food crisis - through a documentary, a book, a website and mobile apps.

All the people of the earth could be fed from the land within a circle of a thousand mile radius [of Kansas City.]

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.

To affordably feed the next billion people, we must have higher-yielding crops with even greater nutritional value. America should be at the vanguard of the innovative advances that will make this happen.

Farmfree production promises a far more stable and reliable food supply that can be grown anywhere, even in countries without farmland. It could be crucial to ending world hunger.

We take it for granted that because our shelves and supermarkets are heaving with food that there are no problems with food security. But we have limited land in the U.K., and climate disruption and population growth are putting pressure on food supply.

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