Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has been phenomenal.
My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.
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.
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail.
A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money.
Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently.
Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the media business is no different.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change - led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence.
As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider.
I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
People think I have the benefit of a public school education. I have this suave and debonair label, but really, I'm as common as muck.
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
All great pitches have a few things in common: the founder/team is wicked smart, the idea is big and a breakthrough, and the market is potentially enormous.
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.
