The problem was real. Without the efforts of Henry A Wallace and Norman Borlag to increase grain yields through hybridization, we would have been in serious trouble.
With improved high-density planting and fertilizer, combined with better drought-resistant and pest-resistant high-yield grains we enjoyed a 10X (ten times!) increase in yields per acre.
Don't tell me that didn't make all the difference! All the rest of it balanced on this monumental effort. Spearheaded by two people, one managing agricultural policy and reinventing ag processes and education and the other taking up hybridization to customize crops to regions of the world.
With improved high-density planting and fertilizer, combined with better drought-resistant and pest-resistant high-yield grains we enjoyed a 10X (ten times!) increase in yields per acre.
Don't tell me that didn't make all the difference! All the rest of it balanced on this monumental effort. Spearheaded by two people, one managing agricultural policy and reinventing ag processes and education and the other taking up hybridization to customize crops to regions of the world.
We own them more than we can calculate.