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摘要

IN 1970, US biologist Norman Borlaug won the Nobel peace prize. Dubbed the father of the green revolution, Borlaug was credited with saving over a billion people from starvation. That figure may be a guesstimate, but there's no doubting the success of the green revolution: in 25 years, it more than doubled cereal production in many parts of the world through the use of high-yielding varieties and modern farming technology.