Norman Borlaug was an American biologist and humanitarian, known as “the father of the green revolution” and “the man who saved a billion lives”. Through his work as a plant pathologist and
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Norman Borlaug was an American biologist and humanitarian, known as “the father of the green revolution” and “the man who saved a billion lives”. Through his work as a plant pathologist and
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