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Sep 12, 2009 · Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Norman Borlaug learned firsthand the importance of a healthy agricultural economy. In the depths of the Great Depression, he saw crop failures ruin small farmers, while food shortages and farm foreclosures drove ordinary people to violence. An expert in plant pathology and genetics, Borlaug turned his back on a lucrative career in industry to work with small farmers in rural Mexico, developing new strains of highly productive, pest-resistant wheat and maize ...
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. For the past twenty-seven years he has collaborated with Mexican scientists on problems of wheat improvement; for the last ten or so of those years he has also collaborated with scientists from other parts of the world, especially from India and Pakistan, in adapting the new wheats to new lands and in gaining acceptance for their ...
Oct 14, 2009 · Norman Borlaug was a remarkable man who was supported by a remarkable woman, his wife Margaret, who died in 2007. To my mind she is the unsung heroine of the Green Revolution: without her ...
Jun 11, 2019 · A farm worker displays a grain of Norman Borlaug's high-yield rust-resistant wheat at an experimental facility in Ciudad Obregon. Through further tests, he worked out how to maximise their yield ...
The mission of the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation is the preservation of Dr. Borlaug’s birthplace and boyhood home and inspiration, encouragement, and empowerment through educational programming. We preserve the farms and conduct programs on the environment, food security and helping others.
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Norman Ernest Borlaug (25. maaliskuuta 1914 – 12. syyskuuta 2009) oli yhdysvaltalainen Nobelin rauhanpalkinnon saanut maataloustieteilijä. Borlaug tunnetaan niin sanotun vihreän vallankumouksen alullepanijana.
