Norman Borlaug

Norman Ernest Borlaug (born 25 March 1914) is an American agricultural scientist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and the father of the Green Revolution. Borlaug received his Ph.D. in plant pathology and genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1942. He took up an agricultural research position in Mexico, where he developed semi-dwarf high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties.

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Videos and speeches

• 30th Anniversary Nobel Lecture. The Green Revolution Revisited and the Road Ahead. 2000. Transcript. Adobe Acrobat PDF.
• Borlaug on Need for Increasing Food Supply. 2000. Transcript.
• Dedication lecture, Delaware Biotechnology Institute. Feeding the World in the 21st Century—The Role of New Science and Technology. 2001 Apr 26. RealMedia. 00:47:42.
• Lecture, Nobel Centennial Symposia. 2001 Dec 6. RealMedia. 00:11:34.
• Lecture, The Famous Purdue Ag Fish Fry. 2003 Feb 8. MS Media. 02:21:02.
• The Story of Norman Borlaug: 60 Years Fighting Hunger. 2003 Jul 10. RealMedia. 01:29:02.
• Discussion, Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program. 2004 Jan 5–9. University of California, Berkeley. Text.
• ECON100A Lecture, University of California, Berkeley. 2004 Spring. RealMedia. 01:29:02.
• Commencement address, University of Minnesota. 2004 May. CD track.
• CEI Prometheus award acceptance speech. 2004 May 19. MS Media. 00:10:57.
• Inaugural address, 1st World Congress of Agroforestry. 2004 Jun 27. Orlando, Florida, USA. RealMedia. 01:06:34.
• Keynote speech, USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum. 2005 Feb 24. Arlington, Virginia, USA. MS Media. 35 minutes. PowerPoint presentation, Adobe Acrobat PDF. Transcript, Adobe Acrobat PDF.

Organizations and programs

• The Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation
• Sasakawa Africa Association
• Sasakawa-Global 2000
• The World Food Prize
• Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program
• Norman E. Borlaug Center for Southern Crop Improvement
• The Norman Borlaug Institute for Plant Science Research
• National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Hall of Outstanding Americans

Other

• The Life and Work of Norman Borlaug, Nobel Laureate
• "Biotechnology and the Green Revolution", interview from November 2002
• Norman Borlaug: The Legend (agbioworld.com)
• Journal articles by Borlaug on PubMed
• List of Norman Borlaug articles and interviews