Answer the following questions, based on the article, “Can Planet Earth feed 10 million People?”Links to an external site. by Charles C. Mann.
you may write the answer to each question under each separate question
1. Describe why we should be so grateful for Norman Borlaug.
2. Describe why should pay attention to the essential ideas of William Vogt.
3. How did Norman Borlaug and William Vogt have a different view on the impact of “affluence”?
4. How did the two men and their groups of followers view the impact of the Green Revolution on fighting world hunger?
5. Human population will increase by 25% by 2050 and yet farm output must increase by 50 to 100% by 2050. Why?
6. Why does the author state that the Haber-Bosch has been arguably the most consequential technology innovation of the 20th century? What is an unintended consequence of the application of this innovation?
7. Why are scientists trying to modify rice to make it a C4 plant?
8. What are some benefits of genetic engineering?
9. What are some things that will make it very hard for Vogtians to win against Borlaugian?