I met Norman Borlaug in 1969 when I was working with an organization to set up an International Action Corp, modelled on the Peace Corps but directed at the developing countries. We were trying to get funding for our initiative and seeking wisdom and support from those who were deeply involved in development of poor societies. Norman Boraug was certainly one of them.Indeed he has been called the forgotten benefactor of humanity and the man who saved a billion lives.
Borlaug was the Father of the Green Revolution, the dramatic improvement in agricultural productivity that swept the globe in the 1960s. For spearheading this achievement, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
Norman Borlaug was truly a great man and deserves to be remembered for what he did for world hunger.
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