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Norman Ernest Borlaug (/ ˈbɔːrlɔːɡ /; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) [2] 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 ...
In 1937, Norman Ernest Borlaug receive his B.S. degree in forestry and Ph.D in plant pathology and genetics at the University of Minnesota in 1942. He became a researcher at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico where he recommended improved methods of cultivation and developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties, making the make the country self ...
t. e. After World War II, newly implemented agricultural technologies, including pesticides and fertilizers as well as new breeds of high yield crops, greatly increased food production in certain regions of the Global South. The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period of technology transfer initiatives that saw ...
On Saturday, Nobel Prize winning agronomist Norman Borlaug died. He was 95. Known as "the father of the Green Revolution," Borlaug was one of America's three five living Nobel peace prize winners.
In the latest Texas history column, Ken Bridges recalls Dr. Norman Borlaug, whose important work led to his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
The 1968 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the French jurist René Cassin (1887–1976) "for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is the ninth French recipient of the peace prize.
The World Food Prize presentation is held in conjunction with the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, which takes place every October in Des Moines. The three-day symposium brings together ...
1963— C. B. van Niel. 1964— Theodosius Dobzhansky, Marshall Warren Nirenberg. 1965— Francis Peyton Rous, George Gaylord Simpson, Donald Van Slyke. 1966— Edward F. Knipling, Fritz Albert Lipmann, William Cumming Rose, Sewall Wright. 1967— Kenneth Stewart Cole, Harry Harlow, Michael Heidelberger, Alfred Sturtevant.