Norman Borlaug dies at 95; started 'Green Revolution' and won Nobel Peace Prize
Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 11:49
in Mathematics & Economics
Borlaug created a system of plant breeding and crop management in the 1940s that created huge harvests. The system was a huge success and was exported to countries around the world. Norman Borlaug, the father of the "Green Revolution" who is widely credited with saving more than a billion lives by breeding wheat, rice and other crops that brought agricultural self-sufficiency to developing...