The Beginning Of The Green Revolution, By Norman Borlaug

The beginning of the Green Revolution can be attributed to Norman Borlaug. He was an American scientist that took interest in agriculture. In the 1940s, Borlaug was sent to Mexico to develop resistant varieties of wheat. Borlaug’s wheat was combined with other technology and allowed Mexico to produce more wheat. The green Revolution was very successful in Mexico which lead to the technology spread worldwide in the 50’s and 60’s. For example, India was on a brink of mass famine across the country in the early 1960’s because of population growth. Borlaug and a research team introduced the variety of strains used with wheat and turned the strains to rice. India is now one of the biggest rice producers in the world. However, because of the Green
He was born in Iowa in 1914. He went to get his degree in forestry. He then went to work for the United States Forestry Service but he later returned to Minnesota for more schooling. He studied plant pathology and got a master’s and doctorate degree. Until 1944 Borlaug was working as a microbiologist for du Pont de Nemours Foundation and was lead in the research of industrial agriculture bactericides, fungicides, and preservations. In 1944, he took the job as lead researcher and developer in a production program in Mexico. The research was for genetics, plant breeding, soil science, and plant pathology. His goal was to change the cereal stain in plants to feed the hungry people in the
He worked to better society as a whole and believed that there was something he could do for all of humanity. He did just that. Aside from his accomplishments as the lead in the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug had other driving forces. He created the establishment known as the World Food Prize which was discovered in 1986. It was a prize to honor people who made a measurable or significant change in improving the world’s food supply. It is designed to inspire others to help society for the