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According to Kenneth G. Becker, the secretary of the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation, Borlaug almost ran out of seeds before developing the dwarf variety of wheat that would revolutionize agriculture and win him the Nobel Peace Prize...
...theory at the time was that bigger wheat meant bigger yield,” Becker says. But Borlaug’s dwarf wheat used its energy to produce edible grain and not the inedible stalk, thus significantly increasing the yield of the crop...
...Becker says that Borlaug conducted the experiments in Mexico because the country could support two growing seasons...
...When he showed up in Mexico [in the 1940s], the Mexicans didn’t trust him,” Becker says. “[But] he kept going.” Sixty years later, Borlaug maintains an office in Mexico...
While at the University of Chicago, Glaeser worked as a teaching assistant to Becker, who recalled that Glaeser was the fastest grader he has ever seen...