Agricultural History Norman Borlaug Signed Portrait of the Green Revolution Agronomist

Norman Borlaug

Manuscripts & Autographs

Borlaug, Norman Ernest. Signed portrait of American agronomist Norman Borlaug, whose wheat-breeding work in Mexico and later collaboration with agricultural scientists in India and Pakistan contributed to the increases in cereal production known as the Green Revolution. Beginning with the Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program in Mexico in 1944, Borlaug helped develop high-yielding, disease-resistant, short-straw wheat varieties that were subsequently introduced into South Asia. He received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to the Green Revolution and its role in increasing food production.

Black-and-white signed photograph, approximately 8 x 10 inches. Borlaug is shown seated at his desk holding a pen, presenting him in a professional working setting rather than in the experimental fields with which much of his career was associated. His signature appears on the photograph.

Borlaug’s work linked plant breeding with large-scale efforts to increase wheat production, first in Mexico and later in countries facing severe pressure on food supplies. Mexico achieved wheat self-sufficiency in 1956, and the introduction of Mexican dwarf wheat varieties into India and Pakistan during the 1960s contributed to major increases in wheat yields there. The signed portrait preserves an association with one of the principal agronomists identified with twentieth-century changes in global cereal production and agricultural development. No condition details supplied.

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