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Norman Borlaug, Narrated by Tom Vilsack
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0:55Now PlayingTom Vilsack is the former Secretary of Agriculture under the Obama and Biden administrations, the former governor of Iowa, and CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation. Vilsack is known for his significant contributions to global food challenge advocacy. Vilsack profiles Dr. Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born scientist whose Green Revolution transformed global agriculture and saved more than a billion lives from famine.
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Dr. Borlaug training scientists. November 1, 2013. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
N. Borlaug plants a tree at ICRISAT HQ. December 7, 2011. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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