The most important person you've never heard of
Friday - 25Mar2016 Filed in: Can't stop the signal&Morality & Modern Life
Norman Borlaug would have been 102 today. Arguably he is most important person you've never heard of. He's one of those people you should have read about in school. Agricultural scientist, humanitarian, father of the Green Revolution, his work probably fed more people than any other human in history. Despite the good his work has done, to the end of his life he was roundly criticized. It didn't stop him.
From the New York Times in 2009.
As Don Boudreaux reminds us, Norman Borlaug Did Build That.
Now go tell three other people about him.
From the New York Times in 2009.
❝Dr. Borlaug’s advances in plant breeding led to spectacular success in increasing food production in Latin America and Asia and brought him international acclaim. In 1970, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
He was widely described as the father of the broad agricultural movement called the Green Revolution, though decidedly reluctant to accept the title. “A miserable term,” he said, characteristically shrugging off any air of self-importance.
Yet his work had a far-reaching impact on the lives of millions of people in developing countries. His breeding of high-yielding crop varieties helped to avert mass famines that were widely predicted in the 1960s, altering the course of history.❞
As Don Boudreaux reminds us, Norman Borlaug Did Build That.
Now go tell three other people about him.
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