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He (or his work) was adapted for India spurring the “Green Revolution” which was responsible for ending chronic food shortages in India. Absolutely massive impa
by pm90 5y ago
He (or his work) was adapted for India spurring the “Green Revolution” which was responsible for ending chronic food shortages in India. Absolutely massive impact made by one man.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/green-revolution-norman-borlaug-race-to-fight-global-hunger/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/green-r...
- mech422 5y agoYeah - I think I was confusing India and China...And wheat and rice. Sad that people that have had such a profound impact on the world, in such good ways, are relatively unknown.
- kragen 5y agoYou may be interested in https://gitlab.com/kragen/derctuo/blob/master/markdown/hacker-calendar.md https://gitlab.com/kragen/derctuo/blob/master/markdown/hacke..., although it's pretty incomplete. Yuan isn't on there, for example.
- mech422 5y agoGahh....Noo...I'll never finish looking all that up :-P Thanks - there's some interesting stuff there /me runs off to google "House of Wisdom"