Love to be the contrarian... this guy was probably good hearted, but he did not "saved millions from starvation". Worst case he may have enabled other people to

Love to be the contrarian... this guy was probably good hearted, but he did not "saved millions from starvation". Worst case he may have enabled other people to curse billions to starvation. Overall, grain yields may have grown up. However, one must remember that "demand" in economics terms is not what you want but what you are willing and able to pay for. The green revolution technologies have impoverished and taken out of business small farmers but in the developed and subdeveloped world, reducing food security overall. Sure, they produce more than never... but they have gone into debt in order to afford the seeds fertilizers, machinery, etc. Then prices crash due to over production and those who stay in business do only so because of the subsides of their governments. On the other hand, the people who controls the comodities market do not sale affordable food to the poor. They funnel the extra grain yields into the production of meat and other highly industrialized food products that can be afforded by the affluent, and the poor continue to scrap a living with agrarian methods already known in the dark ages. So, for my part, I'll let the guy rest in peace. I believe he wanted to do good, and even did some of that... but such a hero? I don't buy it.