Dr. Norman Borlaug

Dr. Norman Borlaug
Dr. Norman Borlaug, third from the left, trains biologists in Mexico on how to increase wheat yields - part of his life-long war on hunger.

Dr. Norman Borlaug was an American biologist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the green revolution." He is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation by developing high-yielding varieties of staple crops.

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