Norman Ernest Borlaug was born March 25, 1914, on a farm near Cresco, Iowa, and educated through the eighth grade in a one-room schoolhouse. He left home during the Great Depression to study ...

In 1970 Norman E. Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work to feed a hungry world. Although a scientist with outstanding contributions, perhaps Dr. Borlaug's greatest ...

On March 25, 2014, the exact 100th anniversary of Norman Borlaug's birth on a farm in Howard County near the Minnesota border, his statue (created by Benjamin Victor, the only living artist with ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa native who won the Nobel Peace Prize 32 years ago said it took him a little longer to learn of his prize than this year's recipient. Norman Borlaug's wife ...

CRESCO -- Legislation to designate the rural Cresco birthplace and childhood home of Iowa native Dr. Norman Borlaug as a National Historic Site has been introduced by U.S. Sen. Chuck ...

The third Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security will be held June 8-21at Purdue University for 30 graduate students from across the country taking on the challenge of ... She is the ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Fulfilling the mission of the late Dr. Borlaug, The Norman Borlaug Institute strives to improve global food security and elevate small-holder farmers out of poverty.

The food prize was founded by Norman Borlaug, an Iowa native awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his part in the “Green Revolution." Mashal Husain will become president of the World Food ...

W hen Norman Borlaug moved to Mexico in 1944, 60% of the wheat consumed in the country was imported. ... Borlaug was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1970. Crop breeding remains a fiddly business.

On March 25, 2014, the exact 100th anniversary of Norman Borlaug's birth on a farm in Howard County near the Minnesota border, his statue (created by Benjamin Victor, the only living artist with ...