Norman Borlaug Biography
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Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12,
2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives
worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural
production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for
his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom
and the Congressional Gold Medal.
Borlaug received his B.S. in forestry in
1937 and Ph.D. in plant pathology and genetics from the
University of Minnesota in 1942. He took up an
agricultural research position in Mexico, where he developed semi-dwarf,
high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. During the mid-20th
century, Borlaug led the introduction of these high-yielding varieties combined
with modern agricultural production techniques to Mexico, Pakistan, and India.
As a result, Mexico became a net exporter of wheat by 1963. Between
1965 and 1970, wheat yields nearly
doubled in Pakistan and India, greatly improving the food security in those
nations.
Borlaug was often called "The Father of The Green Revolution", and is credited with saving over a
billion people worldwide from starvation. According to Jan Douglas, executive
assistant to the president of the World Food Prize Foundation, the source of
this number is Gregg Easterbrook's 1997 article
"Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity." The article states that the
"form of agriculture that Borlaug preaches may have prevented a billion
deaths." He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970
in recognition of his contributions to world peace through increasing food
supply.
Later in his life, he helped apply these
methods of increasing food production in Asia and Africa.
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