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By cgfi on September 21st, 2009

BORLAUG: FEEDING THE HUNGRY, SAVING THE WILDLIFE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—It was 1950. World War II, with its 40 million deaths, was over. Doctors were conquering smallpox with vaccines, protecting millions from malaria and typhus with new pesticides, and treating infections with the miraculous new antibiotics.
 
Then we realized that humanity was still at massive risk—from hunger. With death rates falling radically, there was [...]

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By cgfi on September 11th, 2008

THE WORLD BANK URGES A NEW GREEN REVOLUTION, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY AND ALEX A. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—The World Bank is warning of “climate chaos” and demands a rebuilding of the world’s agricultural science centers to keep everyone fed. The basic message is right on target, even if it is swathed in climate hype. Katherine Sierra, the World Bank’s vice president for sustainable development, says climate change will mean more droughts, [...]

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By cgfi on October 06th, 2003

Has America Already Lost High-Yield Agriculture?

Dennis T. Avery
America has had a proud two centuries of world leadership in high-yield agricultural research and technology. It stretches back to George Washington’s farming experiments and Abraham Lincoln signing the Morrill Act to create the land-grant colleges and agricultural experiment stations. It includes the hybrid seeds, mechanization, and pesticides that produce ample American ample food-while [...]

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By cgfi on July 29th, 2002

Engineering A Sustainable–and Sustaining–World Food Supply

Dennis T. Avery
This speech was given before the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in Chicago, IL
The Declaration for High-Yield Agriculture
On April 30, 2002, a new “Declaration in Support of Protecting Nature With High-Yield Farming and Forestry” was signed in Washington, D.C. The founding signers included two Nobel Peace Prize winners, a co-founder of Greenpeace, [...]

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By cgfi on June 26th, 2000

The World Really Needs High-Yield Ag: It Just Doesn’t Know it Yet!

Alex A. Avery
The Rev. Thomas Malthus’ famous question about whether humanity can continue to feed all the people was posed exactly 200 years ago.
It has taken us nearly all of that 200 years to be sure of an affirmative answer. Only recently have we been certain that the opening of the 21st century should see [...]

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By cgfi on May 21st, 2000

Dennis Avery’s UC Berkeley Commencement Address

Dennis T. Avery
Leading a 21st Century Global Triumph for the Environment
Commencement Address, University of California, Berkeley, College of Natural Resources,
May 21, 2000
” . . . farms obliterate empty places, ploughed fields vanquish forests, herds drive out wild beasts, sandy places are planted with crops, stones are fixed, swamps drained, and there are such great cities [...]

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