Statement by World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick on the Passing of Humanitarian Norman Borlaug
September 14, 2009
September 14, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- World Bank issued the following news release:
The world lost a true humanitarian with the passing of Norman Borlaug on Saturday evening.
One of the 20th Century's giants of innovation, Norman Borlaug greatly expanded food production throughout the developing world by pioneering new kinds of crops for difficult environments, an achievement for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Characteristically, he accepted the award only on . . .
The world lost a true humanitarian with the passing of Norman Borlaug on Saturday evening.
One of the 20th Century's giants of innovation, Norman Borlaug greatly expanded food production throughout the developing world by pioneering new kinds of crops for difficult environments, an achievement for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Characteristically, he accepted the award only on . . .