Iowan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Borlaug Dies
I heard Norman Borlaug speak in Waverly, Iowa in 2004, he was passionate about poor farmers and the need to give them a chance to at least feed themselves.
I believe his biggest complaint would be that population growth did not decrease during his lifetime, when in fact such was quite within the realm of the possible.
There are articles all over the web about the man who led the "Green Revolution" mostly by creating new strains of wheat that could stand to hold an improved wheat seed. The resulting increase in wheat production led to such vast increases in the amount of wheat that where to store the wheat became a problem!!
Because of the innovation in wheat stems, rice researchers and growers also benefited by following Borlaug's lead by creating similar hybrids.
One estimate concluded that about half the world's population goes to bed at night after consuming grains produced by hybrids descended from Borlaug and his colleagues varieties. (New York Times article here.)
Norman E. Borlaug accepted the Congressional Gold Medal in July 2007.
I believe his biggest complaint would be that population growth did not decrease during his lifetime, when in fact such was quite within the realm of the possible.
There are articles all over the web about the man who led the "Green Revolution" mostly by creating new strains of wheat that could stand to hold an improved wheat seed. The resulting increase in wheat production led to such vast increases in the amount of wheat that where to store the wheat became a problem!!
Because of the innovation in wheat stems, rice researchers and growers also benefited by following Borlaug's lead by creating similar hybrids.
One estimate concluded that about half the world's population goes to bed at night after consuming grains produced by hybrids descended from Borlaug and his colleagues varieties. (New York Times article here.)
Norman E. Borlaug accepted the Congressional Gold Medal in July 2007.
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