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bibliography Biographies. biography Documentary television programs. videorecordingSummary: 1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe famine, a potential disaster that many scientists and intellectuals feared only presaged global catastrophes to come, as the world's population outstripped its ability to produce food. In search of a lasting solution, India turned to Norman Borlaug, an unassuming plant breeder from Iowa whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Contents: Letter from Dr. Norman Borlaug -- Chapter 1. Growing Up on an Iowa Farm -- Chapter 2. A Budding Scientist at the University of Minnesota -- Chapter 3. The Rockefeller Foundation Offers Borlaug a Challenge -- Chapter 4. Borlaug Builds a Revolutionary Wheat Breeding Program -- Chapter 5. Rockefeller's Mexico Program Goes International -- Chapter 6. Famine is Averted in India -- Chapter 7. Father...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Durban House Publishing Company, Inc. 2006