Norman Borlaug biography

Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, a central figure in the "Green Revolution", has been credited with saving the largest number of people on earth - over one billion lives - thanks to his work as a biochemist in developing hybrid wheat and varieties of cereal grains that would produce high yields in developing countries. He is considered one of the 20th century's ten greatest contributors to humankind.

For 27 years he collaborated with Mexican scientists on problems of wheat improvement; ten or so of those years with scientists from other parts of the world, mostly from India and Pakistan, in adapting the new wheats to new lands and in gaining acceptance for their production.

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