The man who fed the world : Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug and his battle to end world hunger : an authorized biography / by Leon Hesser ; foreword by Jimmy Carter.
"An authorized biography". Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.
Contents:
Letter from Dr. Norman Borlaug -- Growing up on an Iowa farm -- A budding scientist at the University of Minnesota -- The Rockefeller Foundation offers Borlaug a challenge -- Borlaug builds a revolutionary wheat breeding program -- Rockefeller's Mexico program goes international -- Famine is averted in India -- Father of the Green Revolution -- Margaret copes with loneliness -- The birth of a global network of research and training -- The Nobel Peace Prize -- Launching the World Food Prize -- Borlaug in China -- Norman Borlaug and Jimmy Carter join hands for Africa -- Feeding 10 billion people -- Distinguished professor -- Norman Borlaug's legacy -- Reflections of a humble hero of hunger.
Summary:
"Norman Borlaug was the only person during the twentieth century who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for work in agriculture and food. There is no Nobel Food Prize, so the Nobel Committee chose Dr. Borlaug as the 1970 recipient of the Peace Prize based on his dramatic scientific breakthroughs and wheat production technology that relieved hunger in much of the world. During the previous decade, many people on the planet Earth, most notably in China and the Asian Subcontinent, were facing starvation, even famine. Borlaug's revolutionary achievements relieved widespread human suffering and brought peace. Dr. Borlaug was hailed as the person who saved the lives of more people--hundreds of millions--from starvation than any person in history. He earned the distinction as one of the 100 most influential individuals of the 20th century. His is an inspiring story; he went from an unpretentious Iowa farm boy to scientist-cum-humanist of world acclaim."--Amazon.com.
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