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In 1944, Dr. Borlaug joined the Rockefeller Foundation’s pioneering technical-assistance program in Mexico, at which he was a research scientist in charge of wheat improvement. For the next two decades, he worked to solve a series of wheat production problems in Mexico and to train a generation of young scientists. With the establishment of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico in 1966, Borlaug assumed leadership of the wheat program; he continues to serve as a consultant for it. The high-yielding, disease-resistant wheat cultivars he developed, along with improved management practices, transformed agricultural production in Mexico during the 1950s and in Asia and Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s. This transformation has come to be known as the Green Revolution. In 1984, Dr. Borlaug joined Texas A&M University and was named Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture. Since 1986, he has also served as president of the Sasakawa Africa Association and leader of the Sasakawa-Global 2000 agricultural program in Sub-Saharan Africa, in partnership with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Yohei Sasakawa. Borlaug has been awarded 58 honorary doctorate degrees, and is a member or fellow of the academies of science in 12 nations. The U.S. National Academies of Science awarded him the National Service Medal in 2002 and in 2004 President Bush bestowed upon Borlaug the U.S. National Medal of Science. He was the driving force behind the establishment of the World Food Prize in 1985 and serves as Chairman of its Council of Advisors.
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In 1970, Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifelong work to feed a hungry world. His work, more than that of any other person, is credited with saving lives.
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