Norman Borlaug

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Norman Ernest Borlaug is an American agricultural scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Born March 25, 1914 in Cresco Iowa, he received a PhD in plant pathology and genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1942.^[1] He is considered to be one of the founders of the Green Revolution^[2]

Contents 1 Wheat 2 Nobel Prize 3 Africa 4 Awards 5 Quotes 6 References

Wheat

In 1944, Borlaug moved to Mexico where he worked to develop dwarf high-yield varieties of wheat.^[3] Due to his efforts, Mexico became an exporter of wheat in 1963. Next he moved to Asia where, after introducing high yielding wheat in India and Pakistan, between 1965 and 1970 wheat yields doubled in those countries.^[4]

Nobel Prize

In 1970, Dr. Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to world peace through increasing the food supply.^[5] He has been credited with saving more than 1 billion human lives.^[6]

Africa

During a time of famine in Ethiopia, Borlaug moved to Africa and worked to increase food production in African countries. Between 1983 and 1985, maize production doubled, and wheat and other crop yields increased dramatically as well.^[7]

Awards

• Nobel Peace Prize, 1970^[8]
• Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977^[9]
• National Medal of Science, 2004^[10]
• Congressional Gold Medal, 2006^[11]

Quotes

“

I now say that the world has the technology – either available or well advanced in the research pipeline – to feed on a sustainable basis a population of 10 billion people. The more pertinent question today is whether farmers and ranchers will be permitted to use this new technology? While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions, and pay more for food produced by the so-called “organic” methods, the one billion chronically undernourished people of the low income, food-deficit nations cannot.[12]

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References

1. ↑ http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/Norman_Borlaug_90_years_strong.html
2. ↑ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1970/borlaug-bio.html
3. ↑ http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/topics/borlaug/borlaug-cv.html
4. ↑ http://www.worldfoodprize.org/borlaug/borlaug-history.htm#greenrevolution
5. ↑ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1970/index.html
6. ↑ http://www.highyieldconservation.org/articles/forgotten_benefactor.html
7. ↑ http://www.worldfoodprize.org/borlaug/borlaug-history.htm#greenrevolutionafrica
8. ↑ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1970/index.html
9. ↑ http://medaloffreedom.com/NormanBorlaug.htm
10. ↑ http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=5100000000425
11. ↑ http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ395.109
12. ↑ 30th Anniversary Lecture, The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, September 8, 2000