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Greg Kraczkowsky

October 8, 2001

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As Borlaug predicted, his contribution could only buy time.  While these minor innovations certainly are helpful in the short run, the authors generally agree that planning is the ultimate solution to coping with hunger on a planet heading towards overpopulation.  One common theme among the reports is that the distribution of food is, and has been, inherently flawed.  Paul and Anne Ehrlich and Gretchen Daily truly elaborate on what they dub, maldistribution.oteReference>