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...early 1960s in Mexico that Borlaug developed the high-yield strain of wheat that would more than double worldwide grain output over 40 years...
Borlaug was able to convince nations around the world to adopt the dwarf wheat to supplement and even replace traditional grain crops...
...midst of war and starvation in the late 1960s, the nations adopted Borlaug’s dwarf wheat and were able to avert both...
According to Glickman, nations that once were “huge recipients of food assistance” became self-sufficient as a result of the new wheat...
Borlaug divides his time between Mexico, where he is a senior consultant at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center; Texas, where he is a Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture at Texas A&M; and Africa, where he is president of the Sasakawa Africa Association...