Guest guest Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Forwarding from another list. Not really Amma-related, except that one of Amma's bhajans goes " everyone in the world should eat to their fill " and Borlaug helped make that happen to some extent. Keval --- On Sun, 9/13/09, spai_groups <spai_groups wrote: spai_groups <spai_groups [irfca-derailed] Dr Norman Borlaug irfca-derailed Sunday, September 13, 2009, 8:49 AM Hello, and apologies for a post entirely free of railway content. Dr Norman Borlaug, the " father of the Green Revolution " , died on September 12, 2009. Please spare a thought for the man who is described as the one to have saved the most people in the world (possibly in all of history) while remaining one of the least known to the general public. His work directly kept literally hundreds of millions of people from hunger. Among his many awards are the Nobel Peace Prize, the US Congressional Gold Medal, and India's Padma Vibhushan. Dr Borlaug introduced high-yielding varieties of wheat to Mexico, India, and Pakistan in the 1950s and 1960s. The new varieties and his techniques increased Mexico's wheat production six-fold, and made it a net wheat exporter; India and Pakistan doubled their wheat yield and the looming famines and starvation of the 1960s were averted. Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Norman_Borlaug A few paragraphs in particular on the Green Revolution in South Asia are worth reading, in particular the circumstances that nearly derailed the effort. http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Norman_Borlaug# Expansion_ to_South_ Asia:_The_ Green_Revolution There are critics of his work, to be sure, but his achievements, I think, are simply monumental. Satish _._,___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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