Arif Husain
Considered as a whole, the world has never been richer, more technologically advanced, or more capable of feeding itself. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, many analysts feared that the world could run out of food. The rate of population growth, especially in developing countries, far exceeded the growth of agricultural capacity, and UN and World Bank reports suggested that without dramatic changes, the world was headed toward catastrophic shortages. But the so-called Green Revolution soon helped yield far greater agricultural productivity, ensuring successive waves of improvements and innovations in farming techniques. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
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