Devastating overpopulation in India (Singh, 2010)
POPULATION INCREASE
Some claim that if Borlaug saved a billion lives with his increased wheat production, that is just a billion more people to live on this planet and
reproduce.
reproduce.
BUT IT IS A MATTER OF ETHICS
Despite overpopulation, many believe it is unethical to withhold food for population control. In addition to the horror of standing by while people starve, this would lead to further instability in third world countries.
"IF YOU LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT POPULATION INCREASE, I THINK THAT MANY OTHER ADVANCES WERE MADE OVER YEARS THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO POPULATION INCREASE. . . . WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO SAY THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO FEED PEOPLE AS A WAY TO CONTROL POPULATION GROWTH."
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Borlaug posing with a grateful Syrian farmer.
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"THE WORLD HAS THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY AND FINANCIAL RESOURES TO ASSURE FOOD SECURITY FOR TEN BILLION PEOPLE. THE MORE PERTINENT QUESTION IS WHETHER IT HAS THE POLITICAL AND ETHICAL WILL TO DO SO."
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