 If fully implemented, the revolution can provide sufficient food for sustenance during the next three decades.But the frightening power of human reproduction must also be curbed; otherwise the success of the green revolution will be ephemeral only.Most people still fail to comprehend the magnitude and menace of the "Population Monster"...Since man is potentially a rational being, however, I am confident that within the next two decades he will recognize the self-destructive course he steers along the road of irresponsible population growth..."

To some modern Western sociologists and writers, increasing food production is not synonymous with increasing food security, and is only part of a larger equation.