BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION
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Question
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Norman Borlaug
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M.S Swaminathan
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Raj Krishna
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R.K.V Rao
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Detailed explanation-1: -The expression “the green revolution” is permanently linked to Norman Borlaug’s name. He obtained a PhD in plant protection at the age of 27, and worked in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s to make the country self-sufficient in grain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Norman Borlaug is known as the “Father of Green Revolution” in the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Known as the “Father of the Green Revolution, ” Borlaug helped lay the groundwork for agricultural technological advances that alleviated world hunger. Borlaug studied plant biology and forestry at the University of Minnesota and earned a Ph. D.
Detailed explanation-4: -Borlaug developed successive generations of wheat varieties with broad and stable disease resistance, broad adaptation to growing conditions across many degrees of latitude, and with exceedingly high yield potential.