Agricultural R&D should be close to actual needs and not divorced from the production front.

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

Innovation requires both fundamental research and practical application.

"The stories we tell about animals say more about us than they do about them."