Norman_NP1 E._NP1 Borlaug_NP1 ,_, 95_MC ,_, an_AT1 American_JJ plant_NN1 pathologist_NN1 who_PNQS won_VVD the_AT Nobel_NP1 Peace_NN1 Prize_NN1 in_II 1970_MC for_IF starting_VVG the_AT "_" Green_JJ Revolution_NN1 "_" that_CST dramatically_RR increased_JJ food_NN1 production_NN1 in_II developing_JJ nations_NN2 and_CC saved_VVD countless_JJ people_NN from_II starvation_NN1 ,_, died_VVD Saturday_NPD1 at_II his_APPGE home_NN1 in_II Dallas_NP1 ._. 
"_" More_DAR than_CSN any_DD other_JJ single_JJ person_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 age_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 has_VHZ helped_VVN provide_VVI bread_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 hungry_JJ world_NN1 ,_, "_" the_AT Nobel_NP1 committee_NN1 said_VVD in_II honoring_VVG him_PPHO1 ._. 
"_" Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 has_VHZ introduced_VVN a_AT1 dynamic_JJ factor_NN1 into_II our_APPGE assessment_NN1 of_IO the_AT future_NN1 and_CC its_APPGE potential_NN1 ._. "_" 
Edwin_NP1 Price_NP1 ,_, director_NN1 of_IO the_AT Norman_JJ Borlaug_NN1 Institute_NN1 for_IF International_JJ Agriculture_NN1 at_II Texas_NP1 A_ZZ1 &M;_NULL University_NN1 ,_, said_VVD his_APPGE mentor_NN1 died_VVD of_IO cancer_NN1 ._. 
Since_II 1984_MC ,_, Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 had_VHD been_VBN a_AT1 distinguished_JJ professor_NN1 of_IO international_JJ agriculture_NN1 there_RL ._. 
Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 was_VBDZ barely_RR known_VVN in_II the_AT country_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE birth_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB in_II India_NP1 ,_, Mexico_NP1 and_CC other_JJ nations_NN2 susceptible_JJ to_II hunger_NN1 and_CC famine_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ known_VVN as_II one_MC1 of_IO the_AT great_JJ Americans_NN2 of_IO modern_JJ times_NNT2 ._. 
Price_NP1 accompanied_VVD Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 to_II Russia_NP1 ,_, where_CS he_PPHS1 visited_VVD a_AT1 wheat_NN1 research_NN1 institute_NN1 south_ND1 of_IO Moscow_NP1 ._. 
"_" When_CS Norm_NP1 came_VVD in_RP ,_, "_" Price_NP1 said_VVD ,_, "_" the_AT scientists_NN2 at_II the_AT institute_NN1 all_DB cried_VVD ._. "_" 
From_II the_AT 1970s_MC2 until_CS his_APPGE death_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 increasingly_RR took_VVD the_AT politically_RR incorrect_JJ view_NN1 that_CST environmentalists_NN2 were_VBDR hampering_VVG world_NN1 food_NN1 production_NN1 by_II indiscriminately_RR attacking_VVG the_AT use_NN1 of_IO chemical_JJ fertilizers_NN2 and_CC pesticides_NN2 ._. 
"_" They_PPHS2 claim_VV0 that_CST the_AT consumer_NN1 is_VBZ being_VBG poisoned_VVN out_II21 of_II22 existence_NN1 by_II the_AT current_JJ high-yielding_JJ systems_NN2 of_IO agricultural_JJ production_NN1 and_CC recommend_VV0 we_PPIS2 revert_VV0 back_RP to_II lower-yielding_NN1 ,_, so-called_JJ sustainable_JJ technologies_NN2 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD in_II a_AT1 speech_NN1 in_II New_NP1 Orleans_NP1 in_II 1993_MC ._. 
Unfortunately_RR ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ not_XX possible_JJ to_TO turn_VVI the_AT clock_NN1 back_RP to_II the_AT 1930s_MC2 ,_, when_CS the_AT population_NN1 of_IO the_AT world_NN1 was_VBDZ 2.2_MC billion_NNO ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ estimated_VVN at_II 5.6_MC billion_NNO in_II 1995_MC and_CC was_VBDZ projected_VVN to_TO rise_VVI to_II 8.3_MC billion_NNO by_II 2025_MC ._. 
Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 's_GE career_NN1 was_VBDZ defined_VVN on_II the_AT one_MC1 hand_NN1 by_II the_AT ability_NN1 of_IO science_NN1 to_TO increase_VVI food_NN1 production_NN1 at_II an_AT1 exponential_NN1 rate_NN1 and_CC on_II the_AT other_JJ by_II the_AT Malthusian_JJ nightmare_NN1 of_IO an_AT1 exploding_JJ population_NN1 outstripping_VVG its_APPGE ability_NN1 to_TO feed_VVI itself_PPX1 ._. 
His_APPGE work_NN1 took_VVD him_PPHO1 from_II the_AT Iowa_NP1 farm_NN1 where_CS he_PPHS1 grew_VVD up_II21 to_II22 the_AT primitively_RR cultivated_JJ wheat_NN1 fields_NN2 of_IO Mexico_NP1 in_II the_AT 1940s_MC2 ,_, the_AT rice_NN1 paddies_NN2 of_IO Asia_NP1 in_II the_AT 1960s_MC2 and_CC 1970s_MC2 and_CC to_II the_AT savannas_NN2 of_IO Africa_NP1 in_II the_AT 1980s_MC2 ._. 
In_II his_APPGE lecture_NN1 accepting_VVG the_AT Nobel_NP1 Prize_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD an_AT1 adequate_JJ supply_NN1 of_IO food_NN1 is_VBZ "_" the_AT first_MD component_NN1 of_IO social_JJ justice_NN1 ...._... 
Otherwise_RR there_EX will_VM be_VBI no_AT peace_NN1 ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 warned_VVD that_CST the_AT world_NN1 could_VM wind_VVI up_RP with_IW too_RG many_DA2 mouths_NN2 to_TO feed_VVI ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 offered_VVD only_RR guarded_JJ hope_NN1 that_CST "_" since_CS man_NN1 is_VBZ potentially_RR a_AT1 rational_JJ being_VBG ..._... he_PPHS1 will_VM recognize_VVI the_AT self-destructive_JJ course_NN1 he_PPHS1 steers_VVZ along_II the_AT road_NN1 of_IO irresponsible_JJ population_NN1 growth_NN1 and_CC will_VM adjust_VVI the_AT growth_NN1 rate_NN1 to_II levels_NN2 which_DDQ will_VM permit_VVI a_AT1 decent_JJ standard_NN1 of_IO living_VVG for_IF all_DB mankind_NN1 ._. "_" 
Norman_NP1 Ernest_NP1 Borlaug_NP1 ,_, the_AT son_NN1 of_IO Norwegian_JJ immigrants_NN2 ,_, was_VBDZ born_VVN on_II March_NPM1 25_MC ,_, 1914_MC ,_, in_II his_APPGE grandfather_NN1 's_GE farmhouse_NN1 near_II a_AT1 settlement_NN1 called_VVN Saude_NP1 ,_, in_II northeastern_JJ Iowa_NP1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 went_VVD to_II high_JJ school_NN1 in_II the_AT nearby_JJ town_NN1 of_IO Cresco_NP1 ,_, and_CC one_MC1 of_IO his_APPGE teachers_NN2 ,_, Harry_NP1 Shroeder_NP1 ,_, noticed_VVD his_APPGE interest_NN1 in_II the_AT way_NN1 things_NN2 grow_VV0 and_CC encouraged_VVD him_PPHO1 to_TO study_VVI agriculture_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 was_VBDZ deeply_RR affected_VVN by_II the_AT ravages_NN2 of_IO the_AT Great_JJ Depression_NN1 on_II the_AT American_JJ Midwest_NN1 ._. 
"_" He_PPHS1 often_RR said_VVD that_CST his_APPGE dedication_NN1 to_II solving_VVG issues_NN2 of_IO world_NN1 hunger_NN1 grew_VVD out_II21 of_II22 the_AT bread_NN1 lines_NN2 and_CC the_AT suffering_NN1 of_IO the_AT people_NN that_CST he_PPHS1 saw_VVD during_II the_AT Depression_NN1 ,_, "_" Price_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" He_PPHS1 saw_VVD the_AT tension_NN1 ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 recognized_VVD that_DD1 hunger_NN1 could_VM cause_VVI people_NN to_TO behave_VVI violently_RR ._. "_" 
During_II the_AT Depression_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 worked_VVD as_II a_AT1 waiter_NN1 while_CS studying_VVG at_II the_AT University_NN1 of_IO Minnesota_NP1 ,_, where_CS he_PPHS1 came_VVD under_II the_AT influence_NN1 of_IO Elvin_NP1 Charles_NP1 Stakman_NP1 ,_, the_AT head_NN1 of_IO the_AT plant_NN1 pathology_NN1 department_NN1 and_CC an_AT1 expert_NN1 on_II plant_NN1 diseases_NN2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 received_VVD his_APPGE bachelor_NN1 's_GE degree_NN1 from_II Minnesota_NP1 in_II 1937_MC and_CC master_NN1 's_GE and_CC doctoral_JJ degrees_NN2 in_II plant_NN1 pathology_NN1 in_II 1939_MC and_CC 1942_MC ._. 
At_II the_AT time_NNT1 ,_, American_JJ scientists_NN2 were_VBDR rapidly_RR developing_VVG chemical_JJ fertilizers_NN2 ,_, insecticides_NN2 and_CC herbicides_VVZ that_CST were_VBDR dramatically_RR increasing_JJ agricultural_JJ yields_NN2 ._. 
The_AT most_RGT famous_JJ of_IO them_PPHO2 was_VBDZ DDT_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ was_VBDZ introduced_VVN in_II 1937_MC ._. 
With_IW the_AT outbreak_NN1 of_IO World_NN1 War_NN1 II_MC ,_, food_NN1 requirements_NN2 skyrocketed_VVD ,_, and_CC so_RR did_VDD the_AT need_NN1 for_IF the_AT agricultural_JJ products_NN2 that_CST were_VBDR coming_VVG out_II21 of_II22 laboratories_NN2 ._. 
In_II 1941_MC ,_, he_PPHS1 went_VVD to_II work_NN1 for_IF DuPont_NP1 Co._NP1 in_II Wilmington_NP1 ,_, Del._NP1 ,_, as_CSA a_AT1 researcher_NN1 ._. 
In_II 1944_MC ,_, he_PPHS1 joined_VVD a_AT1 team_NN1 assembled_VVN by_II the_AT Rockefeller_NP1 Foundation_NN1 at_II the_AT request_NN1 of_IO the_AT Mexican_JJ government_NN1 to_TO increase_VVI wheat_NN1 production_NN1 in_II that_DD1 country_NN1 ._. 
The_AT group_NN1 founded_VVD what_DDQ became_VVD the_AT International_JJ Center_NN1 for_IF Maize_NN1 and_CC Wheat_NN1 Improvement_NN1 ._. 
Corn_NN1 was_VBDZ then_RT Mexico_NP1 's_GE principal_JJ bread_NN1 crop_NN1 ._. 
Wheat_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN introduced_VVN by_II the_AT Spaniards_NN2 in_II the_AT early_JJ 16th_MD century_NNT1 ,_, but_CCB the_AT methods_NN2 by_II which_DDQ it_PPH1 was_VBDZ grown_VVN included_VVD wooden_JJ plows_NN2 and_CC other_JJ techniques_NN2 that_CST had_VHD not_XX changed_VVN in_II more_DAR than_CSN 400_MC years_NNT2 ._. 
About_RG half_DB of_IO the_AT country_NN1 's_GE wheat_NN1 was_VBDZ imported_VVN ._. 
In_II Mexico_NP1 ,_, he_PPHS1 bypassed_VVD the_AT usual_JJ practice_NN1 of_IO growing_VVG one_MC1 crop_NN1 a_AT1 year_NNT1 ._. 
Instead_RR ,_, he_PPHS1 grew_VVD two_MC :_: one_MC1 in_II the_AT northwestern_JJ state_NN1 of_IO Sonora_NP1 ,_, near_II the_AT sea_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT other_JJ 800_MC miles_NNU2 to_II the_AT south_ND1 in_II the_AT mountains_NN2 near_II Mexico_NP1 City_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 developed_VVD a_AT1 variety_NN1 that_CST was_VBDZ widely_RR adaptable_JJ and_CC highly_RR productive_JJ ._. 
By_II 1948_MC ,_, Mexico_NP1 was_VBDZ growing_VVG enough_DD wheat_NN1 to_TO meet_VVI its_APPGE needs_NN2 ._. 
In_II the_AT 1950s_MC2 ,_, yields_NN2 leveled_VVD off_RP ._. 
Mexican_JJ wheat_NN1 had_VHD always_RR had_VHN a_AT1 rather_RG long_RR stalk_VV0 that_CST enabled_VVD it_PPH1 to_TO compete_VVI with_IW weeds_NN2 for_IF sunlight_NN1 ._. 
With_IW the_AT use_NN1 of_IO fertilizers_NN2 ,_, it_PPH1 began_VVD to_TO grow_VVI so_RG tall_JJ that_CST the_AT stalks_NN2 fell_VVD over_RP ,_, and_CC the_AT grain_NN1 was_VBDZ lost_VVN ._. 
Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 countered_VVD this_DD1 problem_NN1 by_II crossing_VVG Mexican_JJ wheat_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 dwarf_NN1 Japanese_NN1 variety_NN1 ._. 
The_AT result_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 strain_NN1 that_CST was_VBDZ resistant_JJ to_II disease_NN1 and_CC capable_JJ of_IO producing_VVG 10_MC times_NNT2 as_RG much_DA1 grain_NN1 as_II the_AT unimproved_JJ Mexican_JJ variety_NN1 ._. 
Those_DD2 results_NN2 made_VVD Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 's_GE reputation_NN1 ,_, and_CC other_JJ countries_NN2 sought_VVD his_APPGE help_NN1 ,_, including_II India_NP1 and_CC Pakistan_NP1 ._. 
In_II the_AT mid-1960s_NN2 ,_, the_AT International_JJ Rice_NN1 Institute_NN1 in_II the_AT Philippines_NP2 developed_VVD a_AT1 dwarf_NN1 high-yield_NN1 rice_NN1 based_VVN on_II Dr._NNB Borlaug_NP1 's_GE work_NN1 with_IW wheat_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 started_VVD the_AT Green_JJ Revolution_NN1 in_II Southeast_ND1 Asia_NP1 ._. 
