DR.Norman Borlaug

The man who saved a billion lives Dr.Norman Borlaug,third from left,trains bilogoists in mexico onn how to increase wheat-part of his life long war on hunger

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Here's a time line of Dr.Borlaug's life:

• 1914-Born in Cresco,Iowa
• 1933-Leaves his family's farm to attend the university of Minnesota,thanks
  to a Depression era progeram known as the "National Youth Administration"
• 1970-receives the Nobel price
• 1983-helps seven African countries dramatacilly increase their maize and
  sorghum yields
• 1984-becomes a distinguished professor at texas A$M university
• 2005-states"We will have to double the world food supply by 2050" Argues
  that gentically modified crops are the only way we can meet the demand, as
  we run out of adorable land.Says that GM crops are not inherently dangerous
  because"We've been genetically modifying plants and animals for a long
  time.Long before we called it science,people were selecting the best
  breeds."
• 2009-dies at the age of 95.


"Borlaug's life and achievement are testimonay to the far-reachinh contribution
that one man's towering intellect,persistance and scientific vision can make
to human peace and progress."
• -Indian Prime Minister Manmaohan Singh