Word: borlaug
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Norman Borlaug, the plant pathologist described by the Atlantic Monthly as having saved more lives than anyone else in the history of mankind, came within eight seeds of failure...
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...
...Today, Borlaug will tell the Medical School Class of 2004 that although progress has been made, the one billion people in the world who remain malnourished should not be forgotten...