Father of Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, Dies at 95 227
countincognito writes "Norman Borlaug, a genuinely remarkable man and the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture, has died of cancer at his Dallas home aged 95. His life's work on developing high-yield, disease-resistant crops has been credited with having saved an estimated one billion people from famine, and one billion hectares of forest and rainforest from being cleared for agricultural production."
Thomas Malthus called (Score:0, Funny)
He wants his theory back.
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Re:Just delayed the inevitable (Score:3, Funny)
Not true. See Mormons, Catholics and some other religous groups who are in wealthy developed nations and yet maintain high birth rates.
Re:Now we know who to blame for... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not a great man (Score:1, Funny)
"we would have to reduce the world population by a factor of 4 in order"
Since a factor of 1 would wipe out all of the population, the factor of 4 seems a bit of over kill.