Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009)[1] was an American scientist. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. His area of work has been making a larger food supply for the world. He did this by making smaller wheat plants that also were less likely to get diseases. He was born in Cresco, Iowa.
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| Born | March 25, 1914 |
| Died | September 12, 2009 (95 years) |
Borlaug died of lymphoma at the age of 95, on September 12, 2009, in his Dallas home.[2]
Norman Borlaug Media
Locations of Borlaug's research stations in the Yaqui Valley and Chapingo
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Wheat yields in Mexico, India and Pakistan, 1950 to 2004. Baseline is 500 kg/ha.
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Wheat yields in least developed countries since 1961
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Nigerian exchange students meet Norman Borlaug (third from right) at the World Food seminar, 2003.
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President George W. Bush speaks with National Medal of Science Laureates, White House, 2006. Dr. Norman E. Borlaug is second from left.
Dedication of the Norman Borlaug statue in the National Statuary Hall at the U. S. Capitol, 2014
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President George W. Bush along with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi congratulate Borlaug during the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony on July 17, 2007.
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Borlaug with United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman near the birthday cake prepared for his 90th birthday
References
- ↑ Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gb_fsKObiTI2Quwargw4snaBhKuAD9AM79R81.[dead link]
- ↑ Associated Press in Dallas (2009-09-13). Norman Borlaug, the Nobel winner who fed the world, dies aged 95. London. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/13/norman-borlaug-dies-aged-95. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
