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Norman Borlaug
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Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, primarily for his work in reversing the food shortages that haunted IndIa and Paki Stan (Third World) in the 1960s... Borlaug helped to develop the high-yield, low-pesticide dwarf wheat upon which a substantial portion of the world's population now depends for sustenance. (Green Revolution)
His foundation http://normanborlaug.org/
Nobel bio http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1970/borlaug-bio.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jan/borlaug/borlaug.htm
[Reason Magazine] article Paul Ehrlich has made a great career as a predictor of doom. When we were moving the new wheat technology to India and Pakistan, he was one of the worst critics we had. He said, "This person, Borlaug, doesn't have any idea of the magnitude of the problems in food production." He said, "You aren't going to make any major impact on producing the food that's needed." Despite his criticisms, we succeeded, of course.
Bill Seitz, fluxent at gmail dot com, Weblog