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Is This the Way Out of the Pressures?Awake!—1971 | October 8
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And then there is the “green revolution.” Agricultural scientists claim they have started this by their development of new high-yield types of wheat, corn and rice. These are to feed earth’s burgeoning population.
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Is This the Way Out of the Pressures?Awake!—1971 | October 8
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While dramatically increasing grain production in some lands, the “green revolution” has also shown serious weaknesses. An Associated Press article said: “The new hybrids are not as blight-resistant as the older types. There is the possibility that a country’s entire crop—perhaps a world crop—could be wiped out by a new plant disease. It almost happened last year with the corn crop in the United States.”
For this and other reasons, William C. Paddock, food authority, last year expressed doubt that this is the way to offset the pressure of the world’s ‘exploding’ population. He said: “The revolution is green only because it is being viewed through green-colored glasses. Take off the glasses, and the revolution proves to be an illusion . . . it does not work.”
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