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IICA mourns the death of father of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug |
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Following the death of this renowned agronomist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, IICA has called for a development model that goes beyond the green revolution. |
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The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) joined with the international community in mourning the passing of the renowned agronomist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Norman Borlaug, on September 12.
Borlaug was the father of the Green Revolution, which transformed agriculture worldwide in the 1960s and 1970s. “His discoveries contributed greatly to efforts to combat hunger and poverty in the world,” stated IICA’s Director General, Chelston Brathwaite | |
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The Director General of IICA, Chelston Brathwaite, and his wife Rosanna, with Dr. Norman Borlaug, at Texas A&M University in 2003. | | |
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“His work laid the foundation for encouraging the adoption of a new model for development,” one that IICA has been promoting in recent years which goes beyond the green revolution and places agriculture and rural life at the center of the countries development agendas.
"We want to work with our partners and our Member States to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and cut extreme poverty in half by 2015,” said Brathwaite.
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patricia.leon@iica.int | |
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