There are no miracles in agricultural production.

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

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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.

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The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.

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

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

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

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Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry.

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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.

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Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.

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