Norman Ernest Borlaug (born 1914) was a biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work in developing varieties of cereal grains that would produce high yields in developing countries. Norman Ernest Borlaug was born on March 25,...

Norman Borlaug began his career as a plant pathologist and became a force in international politics through a stint as a consultant in agronomy (the science of raising crops) to the Mexican government. Through the work he performed in Mexico, he...

Norman Borlaug began his career as a plant pathologist and became a force in international politics working as a consultant in agronomy (the science of raising crops) to the Mexican government. Through the work he performed in Mexico, he created a...

Borlaug, known as the father of the "green revolution" or agricultural revolution, was born on March 25, 1914, on a small farm near Cresco, Iowa. He received a B.S. in forestry in 1937 followed by a master's degree in 1940 and a...

Norman Borlaug. American Microbiologist and Agronomist1914- Norman E. Borlaug, perhaps the world's best-known plant breeder, was born on a small farm near Cresco, Iowa, in 1914. He studied plant pathology at the University of...

Norman Ernest Borlaug (born March 25 1914) is an American agronomist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and has been called the father of the Green Revolution.[1] Borlaug is one of five people in history to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential...

Three decades after he launched the Green Revolution, agronomist Norman Borlaug is still fighting world hunger--and the doomsayers who say it's a lost cause. Who has saved more human lives than anyone else in history? Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in...

Dr Norman Borlaug has been hailed as the 'father of the green revolution'. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 as a mark of appreciation of his successes in breeding new sturdy highyielding cereals which, inter alia, transformed the Indian subcontinent into...

President Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday to agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug, whose work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat is credited with starting the "Green revolution" and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s."The most fitting tribute we can offer...

A scientist who developed new ways to process, transport and store large amounts of fruits and vegetables while maintaining their nutritional value was announced Monday as winner of the 2007 World Food Prize.Philip E. Nelson, a professor at Purdue University in Indiana, received the $250,000...