Paul Ehrlich

India will be unable to feed an additional 200 million people by 1980.

“I don't see how India could possibly feed two hundred million more people by 1980.”

Said on

1 May 1968 · The Population Bomb (May 1968, first of month used).

Source

The Population Bomb · Wikipedia

Should come true

1980

How sure they sounded

I don't see how ... could possibly

Categories

Health

Importance

3 of 5 · Concerns food security for the world's second most populous country.

Outcome

Inaccurate

India's Green Revolution sharply raised grain output and the country fed its growing population without famine; it went on to become self-sufficient in grains and a food exporter. India's population grew by roughly 150 million by 1980 and passed 200 million more soon after, still without the predicted failure.

Evidence:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution_in_India