Feeding a Hungry World

doi:10.1126/science.1151062

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Feeding a Hungry World

Norman Borlaug

Next week, more than 200 science journals throughout the world will simultaneously publish papers on global poverty and human development--a collaborative effort to increase awareness, interest, and research about these important issues of our time. Some 800 million people still experience chronic and transitory hunger each year. Over the next 50 years, we face the daunting job of feeding 3.5 billion additional people, most of whom will begin life in poverty. The battle to alleviate poverty and improve human health and productivity will require dynamic agricultural development.

Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Since 1986, he has been engaged with Jimmy Carter and the Nippon Foundation of Japan in African agricultural development and is currently president of the Sasakawa Africa Association.

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