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Tribute: Norman Borlaug, He Fed The World

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14 Sep 2009 34 views
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Tribute: Norman Borlaug, He Fed The World
Norman Borlaug, 95, who died Saturday night in Dallas, is credited with saving 1 billion lives from famine. His work creating high-yield crop varieties and improving agriculture in the Third World earned him a Nobel Prize. "Many experts credit the green revolution with averting global famine during the second half of the 20th century." (Read […]

Norman Borlaug, 95, who died Saturday night in Dallas, is credited with saving 1 billion lives from famine. His work creating high-yield crop varieties and improving agriculture in the Third World earned him a Nobel Prize.

"Many experts credit the green revolution with averting global famine during the second half of the 20th century."

(Read this tribute at Dallas Morning News)

Photo from www.normanborlaug.org

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