09-15-2009, 10:01 PM
Quote:He made possible a revival of Malthusian archetypes.What Norman Borlaug did was to prevent, or at least long delay, a Malthusian crisis that would have killed tens, of not hundreds, of millions of people.
If the theory of demographic transition is correct, such a disaster might not have to happen at all, as birth rates drop in developing countries. But if Mr. Borlaug had not increased yields, we'd already have massive starvation in India and Africa.
-Jester