The Man Who Fed the World
by Leon Hesser
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Agriculture and Most Recommended Books.
Norman Borlaug was the only person during the twentieth century who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for work in agriculture and food. There is no Nobel Food Prize, so the Nobel Committee chose Dr. Borlaug as the 1970 recipient of the Peace Prize based on his dramatic scientific breakthroughs and wheat production Technology, that relieved hunger in...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Agriculture and Most Recommended Books.
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
“I learned what’s possible in agriculture from studying a remarkable scientist named Norman Borlaug. If you’re curious about Borlaug and his breakthroughs, I recommend this article and a book called “The Man Who Fed the World.””
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