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03/25/2004 Archived Entry: "Norman Borlaug - 90th Birthday"

Posted by steve @ 02:01 AM EST [Link]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORMAN!: Today is Norman Borlaug's 90th birthday. If his name isn't familiar to you, that's a shame. Borlaug is the father of the 'Green Revolution'. In the words of the Sustainable Development Network:

In 1970, Borlaug's dedication to agricultural productivity won him the Nobel Peace Prize. During the 1940s, Dr. Borlaug bred new wheat varieties in Mexico, which more than doubled the country's yields. Later, he worked in India, Pakistan, China, the Middle East, South America and Africa and had similar successes. The crop varieties and the improved farming practices he helped develop have sparked what is known today as the "Green Revolution." These improvements are often credited with saving more than one billion lives.

Amazingly, Borlaug is still at work and maintains an office in Mexico as a consultant to the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), an organization he created. The debt the world has to this man is beyond calculation.

Visit the Norman Borlaug Foundation.