Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed high-yield, ...

TIL that Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that helped prevent famine and is credited with saving over 1.2 billion lives. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
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