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Date:3/17/2010

ces used in agriculture may become more constraining, as well.

“In addition to land, the availability of fresh water will increasingly be a limiting factor, necessitating that productivity rates accelerate even faster,” said Lesher. “We need a major boost in water-use efficiency, what some call a ‘Blue Revolution,’ to stretch our scarce water supplies significantly.”

The studies examined a range of potential solutions for meeting these challenges, agreeing that progress will come through a variety of efforts, including improved public policies and increased infrastructure investment, as well as new technology.

Senator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) emphasized the need for a renewed focus on agriculture development and increased political will for change if we are to succeed in creating a more secure world.

“World peace will not be built on empty stomachs or human misery; a world in which 40 percent of the total population is marginalized in the global economy is not one where peace or environmental stewardship will prosper,” said Lugar. “Modern agriculture is not the nemesis of the environment or socio-economic development; rather it is one of their greatest allies.”

Christopher Dowswell, for 31 years aide de camp to the Green Revolution’s Norman Borlaug, concurred, adding that while developing new crop varieties to increase potential yield is absolutely necessary, it is far from sufficient.

“In attempting to bring the Green Revolution to Africa, for instance, agricultural experts developed impressive packages of technology during the 1980s that, on farmers’ demonstration plots, produced yields two-to-three times higher than average,” said Dowswell, who is now with the Sasakawa Africa Association. “Yet a Green Revolution failed to take off, because Africa, unlike Asia and parts of Latin America, lacked roads, railroads, pow
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