Green Revolution
Green Revolution
Timeline
University of
Minnesota, Borlaug overview
- Gobal demand for wheat will rise by 40 % by 2020
Malakoff-Science: excess N flowing down the Mississippi River each year is worth $750 Million dollars
Dr. Borlaug advances the use of Greenseeker sensors
- Published joint article with Dr. Norman Borlaug (CSA News, 54:21-22) on the importance of generational recommitment to education in the developing world.
Dr.
Borlaug Endorses Greenseeker Technology, 2007, Ciudad Obregon, MX
Greenseeker Inauguration, 2001 (October
15, 2001, Document)
Borlaug
Poem, 2007 (Greenseeker Field Day, Ciudad Obregon, April 16,
2007)
Norman E. Borlaug
1970 Nobel Peace Prize
"In recent years the 'human rights' issue has generated much interest and debate around the world. It is a utopian issue and a noble goal to work toward. Nevertheless, in the real world, the attainment of human rights in the fullest sense can not be achieved so long as hundreds of millions of poverty stricken people lack the basic necessities for life. The right to dissent does not mean much to a person with an empty stomach, a shirtless back, a roofless dwelling, the frustrations and fear of unemployment and poverty, the lack of education and opportunity, and the pain, misery and loneliness of sickness without medical care. It is my belief that all who are born into the world have the moral right to the basic ingredients for a decent, human life."
The Life and Work of Norman Borlaug, Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize Internet
Archive
Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity (The Atlantic Monthly, 1997).
timeline
Movement of yield increases from the West to the Developing World
1943, Rockefeller Foundation established the precursor to CIMMYT in Mexico
1947,
Independence of India and Pakistan from Great Britain
parastatal
seed and grain monopolies
breeding
and seed production problem
rural
famine
late
1950's and early 1960's, Dwarf Wheats developed in Mexico, Pitic 62
1963,
Rockefeller Foundation formally established CIMMYT, Norman
Borlaug sent to Pakistan and India
1965, famine induced governments to commit to dwarf wheat
1965, Borlaug sent CIMMYT wheat to Pakistan via LA
1965-66 India Pakistan War
1966, Borlaug made private contracts for seed production
1967 harvest owing to 1966 seed production increased
1968, Pakistan was self-sufficient in wheat production
1968, seed & fertilizer made available in India
1974, India was self-sufficient in wheat production
1980's and 1990's Backlash from High-Yield Agriculture
Africa?
Need for Precision Agriculture
World Consumption of N Fertilizers (1999)
Norman E. Borlaug
Father of the Green Revolution
