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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 ...
Norman E. Borlaug being awarded the first M. S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi in 2005. Swaminathan was the recipient of 84 honorary doctorates and was a guide for numerous Ph.D. scholars.
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
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 ...
The American biologist Paul R. Ehrlich—author of the 1968 book The Population Bomb—has been doing ... Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, or Norman Borlaug more than they did themselves. In ...
The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. [3] Conceived by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug and established in 1986 through the support of General Foods, the prize is envisioned ...