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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.
A central figure in the “green revolution”, Norman Ernest Borlaug (born March 25, 1914) was born on a farm near Cresco, Iowa, to Henry and Clara Borlaug.
Jun 1, 2024 · Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agricultural scientist and plant pathologist, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970. Known as the “Father of the Green Revolution,” Borlaug helped lay the groundwork for agricultural technological advances that alleviated world hunger. Borlaug studied.
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 lived." His approach to increasing global food production resulted in the saving of as many as one billion people worldwide from famine, starvation and death and earned him the title "Father of ...
Sep 12, 2009 · Norman Ernest Borlaug. The Nobel Peace Prize 1970. Born: 25 March 1914, Cresco, IA, USA. Died: 12 September 2009, Dallas, TX, USA. Residence at the time of the award: USA. Role: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City. Prize motivation: “for having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution” Prize share: 1/1.
Norman Borlaug was famous for his decades-long, science-based international agriculture improvement and educational efforts. His Mexican group’s work spearheaded ‘The Green Revolution.’
Sep 14, 2009 · Norman E. Borlaug, the plant scientist who did more than anyone else in the 20th century to teach the world to feed itself and whose work was credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives,...
Named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential minds of the 20th century, Norman Borlaug is a quintessential American success story. Norm, as he is known to all who worked with him, was born in 1914 to Norwegian-American parents outside Cresco in the northeastern part of the American State of Iowa.
Norman Borlaug is one of only seven people who have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. He was a fighter for the hungry and disadvanted around the world.
Sep 12, 2009 · In 1970 he won the Nobel Peace Prize for averting massive famine by starting the “Green Revolution,” the greatest period of food production in human history. Norman Ernest Borlaug was born in the small northeast Iowa community of Cresco on March 25, 1914.
