Norman Borlaug
an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.
Norman Borlaug – Biographical - NobelPrize.org
Borlaug was made director of its International Wheat Improvement Program. In this capacity he has been able to realize more fully a third objective, that of ...
About Norman Borlaug - The World Food Prize
Dr. Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the World Food Prize, has been called "the man who saved more lives than anyone who has ever ...
Norman Ernest Borlaug | Nobel Laureate, Father of the ... - Britannica
Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agricultural scientist and plant pathologist, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970.
Norman Borlaug - Scholars Walk - University of Minnesota
We trained Mexican agriculture scientists and bred high-yield dwarf wheat that resisted a variety of plant pests and diseases and that yielded two to three ...
About Norman Borlaug - Purdue Center for Global Food Security
Borlaug developed successive generations of wheat varieties with broad and stable disease resistance, broad adaptation to growing conditions across many degrees ...
Norman E. Borlaug - Extended Biography - The World Food Prize
Norman Borlaug's approach to increasing global food production resulted in the saving of as many as 1 billion people worldwide from famine, starvation and ...
Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and ...
Whether as the prime contractor or as a subcontractor, the Borlaug Institute has implemented agricultural development, food security, and educational ...
Norman Borlaug – Facts - NobelPrize.org
Father of the Green Revolution. The expression “the green revolution” is permanently linked to Norman Borlaug's name. He obtained a PhD in plant protection at ...
Norman Borlaug's scientific knowledge found expression in a humanitarian mission: developing improved grain varieties to feed the hungry people of the world.
Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation
The mission of the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation is the preservation of Dr. Borlaug's birthplace and boyhood home and inspiration, encouragement, ...
Known as the Father of the Green Revolution, Norman Ernest Borlaug was born in 1914 on a farm near Cresco, Iowa.
Norman Borlaug was famous for his decades-long, science-based international agriculture improvement and educational efforts.
Agricultural Pioneer: Dr. Norman Borlaug - Iowa PBS
It has been said that Norman Borlaug has “More than any other single man of our age,…provided bread for the hungry world.” As a scientist and humanitarian, ...
Norman Borlaug | American Experience | Official Site - PBS
Norman Borlaug ... An American agricultural scientist from Iowa, Norman Borlaug bred climate agnostic wheat strains that resisted disease. He was dubbed the “ ...
Norman Borlaug, Plant Scientist Who Fought Famine, Dies at 95
A Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Borlaug developed high-yielding crop varieties that helped to avert famines worldwide.
Norman Borlaug Lecture | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Norman Borlaug Lecture. A graduate student talks to gathered people at the Norman Borlaug Lectureship Poster Competition inside the ...
Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity - The Atlantic
Borlaug is an eighty-two-year-old plant breeder who for most of the past five decades has lived in developing nations, teaching the techniques ...
The Green Revolution: Norman Borlaug and the Race to Fight ... - PBS
Ray Offenheiser discusses the humble plant breeder's audacious plan to feed the world and the fallout he didn't forsee.
Dr. Norman Borlaug Bronze Medal - U.S. Mint
Order this unique medal for your collection. Authorized by Public Law 109-395, this medal commemorates Dr. Norman Borlaug for his accomplishments in terms of ...