In 1970 Norman ... in Borlaug Hall. After graduation, Dr. Borlaug worked as a Microbiologist for E.I. Dupont de Nemours, until being released from his wartime service. In 1944, Dr. Borlaug ...

Trained as a plant pathologist, Borlaug joined the Rockefeller Institute–funded Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program in Mexico (a precursor to CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat ...

This paper examines the role played by Norman Borlaug in promoting the notion of Green Revolution as a way to rapidly transform agriculture in the developing world. It develops the argument that ...

People are pretty good problem solvers and Norman Borlaug — along with others — created what’s known as the Green Revolution. Borlaug broke the rules for growing wheat as part of experiments ...

When Norman Borlaug moved to Mexico in 1944, 60% of the wheat consumed in the country was imported. The government wanted to produce enough of the staple domestically to meet demand, so with money ...

South of Cresco, Iowa, you will find a small farmstead with quite a story. “By the time they came to live in this house, which was 1922, Norm was about eight years old or so and they had just ...

Just a few years earlier, an Iowan had brought his miracle wheat from Mexico to confront ... and saved millions from ...