give the contribution of Norman Borlaug
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Norman Borlaug is called the "father of green revolution"
In 1970, he was given an honorary doctorate by the Agricultural University of Norway. In 1970, he was awarded theNobel Peace Prize by the NorwegianNobel Committee "for his contributions to the 'green revolution' that was having such an impact on food production particularly in Asia and in Latin America
The Cooperative Wheat Research Production Program, a joint venture by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, involved research in genetics, plant breeding, plant pathology, entomology,agronomy, soil science, and cerealtechnology. The goal of the project was to boost wheat production in Mexico, which at the time was importing a large portion of its grain. Plant pathologist George Harrar recruited and assembled the wheat research team in late 1944. The four other members were soil scientist William Colwell; maize breeder Edward Wellhausen; potato breederJohn Niederhauser; and Norman Borlaug, all from the United States.
During the sixteen years Borlaug remained with the project, he bred a series of remarkably successful high-yield, disease-resistant, semi-dwarfwheat.
In 1970, he was given an honorary doctorate by the Agricultural University of Norway. In 1970, he was awarded theNobel Peace Prize by the NorwegianNobel Committee "for his contributions to the 'green revolution' that was having such an impact on food production particularly in Asia and in Latin America
The Cooperative Wheat Research Production Program, a joint venture by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, involved research in genetics, plant breeding, plant pathology, entomology,agronomy, soil science, and cerealtechnology. The goal of the project was to boost wheat production in Mexico, which at the time was importing a large portion of its grain. Plant pathologist George Harrar recruited and assembled the wheat research team in late 1944. The four other members were soil scientist William Colwell; maize breeder Edward Wellhausen; potato breederJohn Niederhauser; and Norman Borlaug, all from the United States.
During the sixteen years Borlaug remained with the project, he bred a series of remarkably successful high-yield, disease-resistant, semi-dwarfwheat.
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His work in developing countries, especially on the Indian subcontinent, is estimated to have saved as many as one billion people from starvation and death. Borlaug also created a wheat-rye hybrid known as triticale, and his methods were used by others to develop new varieties of highly productive rice.
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