Agronomist associated with development of high-yielding wheat and the expansion of food production through plant breeding. His work connected inherited crop properties with agricultural management rather than treating yield as an intrinsic constant of a variety.[ref]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1970/borlaug/lecture/. Nobel biography and agricultural contribution
Portrait of Norman Borlaug
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