“Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.”
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Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has been phenomenal.
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.
Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread otherwise there will be no peace.
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
