As Norman Borlaug lay on his deathbed last year, he learned about a new technology that promises to boost food production.  “Take it to the Farmers” he said.   “We have made great strides in the first Green Revolution in bringing improved agricultural techniques, seeds and technology to poor, underdeveloped and developing countries” he wrote.  “But in the next 50 years we are going to have to produce more food than we have in the last 10,000 years, and that is a daunting task.  I therefore have called for a ‘Second Green Revolution’.”  For more insights into Norman Borlaug’s call for a Second Green Revolution, read the article written by Rosalie Ellasus, corn and rice farmer from San Jacinto, Phillipines.  Read More.

Source:  Truth About Trade and Technology, February 5, 2010