What movement led by Norman Borlaug prevented a worldwide famine?
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Mar 27, 2017
Explanation:
The initiatives, led by Norman Borlaug, the "Father of the Green Revolution", who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, credited with saving over a billion people from starvation, involved the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernisation of management techniques, distribution of hybridised seeds, synthetic fertilisers, and pesticides to farmers.