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.
I like the back country, wildlife and all of that, but it's wrong to force poor people to live that way.
Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now becoming evident in several countries.
Supplying food to sub-Saharan African countries is made very complex because of a lack of infrastructure.
In my Nobel lecture, I suggested we had until the year 2000 to tame the population monster, and then food shortages would take us under. Now I believe we have a little longer.
It's amazing how often campaigners in rich countries think poor people don't get backache.