For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.
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- Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
- Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.
- 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.
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