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𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝
Norman Borlaug, an agronomist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, revolutionized agriculture and is often credited with saving over a billion lives. In the 1960s, Borlaug introduced high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties to Mexico, India, and Pakistan, leading to what is now called the "Green Revolution." One specific event that highlighted his success was in 1968 when India, on the brink of famine, saw an unprecedented wheat harvest thanks to Borlaug's innovations. His work helped these countries achieve food security, transforming agriculture globally and proving that science could be a solution to hunger.
𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬:

  • World Food Prize: Norman Borlaug's Legacy.
  • The Nobel Prize Organization: Norman Borlaug Biography.
  • The Guardian: Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution.

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Ryo1 8 Sep 24
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HE succeeded with the help of rising atmosperic CO2 ...

Rising atmospheric CO2 concentration does cause plants to grow a little bit faster. However, there is also a drop in their nutritional value. But good luck with your climate science denialism.

Hey @JacarC,
I believe that atmospheric CO2 levels did increase rather rapidly in the 1960s due to industrialization and population growth.
When you say Borlaug succeeded "with the help of rising atmospheric CO2", do you think he knew that CO2 levels were rising in those days? Or is you claim retrospective?
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Yup, and now we have 8.5 billion people to feed and climate change to contend with.

We also have a battalion of Borlaugs and the ability to genetically engineer any organism, so we may yet put off mass starvation a little longer.

(Except in places like Sudan, and Gaza, where hunger is a weapon of war.)

Regenerative farming is being promoted in the UK. Being a small country, we have limited space. Regenerative farming is the way to go.

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