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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 14 > Norman Borlaug, ‘Green Revolution’ founder, dies at 95

Norman Borlaug, ‘Green Revolution’ founder, dies at 95

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
September 14, 2009

Norman Borlaug, the father of the "Green Revolution" who is widely credited with saving more than a billion lives by breeding wheat, rice and other crops that brought agricultural self-sufficiency to developing countries around the world, died Saturday in Texas. He was 95.

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