Feeding a World of Ten Billion People: Our 21st Century Challenge
Norman Borlaug
Tuesday, 15 Oct 2002 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Norman E. Borlaug is the winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work to feed a hungry world. He developed new wheat varieties and improved crop management practices which transformed agricultural production in Mexico during the 1940's and 1950's and later in Asia and Latin America, creating what came to be known as the "Green Revolution." He is also the founder of the World Food Prize, an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. He has an undergraduate degree in forestry and a doctorate in plant pathology from the University of Minnesota. First Annual Norman Borlaug Lecture. A reception and display of students' world food issues posters will be held before Dr. Borlaug's lecture in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union from 7-8 p.m.
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