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Unit 5 WORKING THE LAND素养导航晨读晚诵素养导航晨读晚诵Known as the “father of the Green Revolution”,Norman Borlaug (1914-2009) saved over a billion lives in the process.After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1942,with a degree in forestry and a degree in plant genetics①,Borlaug moved to Mexico to begin studying and researching plants.His hope was that he could create some sort of sustainable② agriculture that could be spread all over the world.?素养导航晨读晚诵Within a few years,he had done just that.He’d developed a disease-resistant strain of wheat that could yield high numbers of plants and was a fast grower.He then realised that by combining modern agricultural production techniques,the strain of wheat could be introduced to developing nations such as Mexico,India,and Pakistan.Before long,Mexico became an exporter of wheat.A few years later,wheat production had doubled in Pakistan and India;as a result,food production had greatly improved.素养导航晨读晚诵The introduction of these disease-resistant wheat strains led to what is now known as the Green Revolution,a period when the productivity of global agriculture increased as a result of new advances.Before Norman Borlaug’s innovation,it had been predicted that most of the population of India would be dead before 1980.The population was growing at a faster rate than their resources could keep up with.It was only thanks to the Green Revolution that the people managed to survive.It is estimated that without Norman Borlaug’s work,over a billion people would have died.?素养导航晨读晚诵In 1964,Borlaug was named the director of the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program,as well as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT).He served for 13 years as president,before stepping down to senior consultant③.During his 13 years at CIMMYT,the company expanded their research to include other types of crops.After stepping down from CIMMYT,Borlaug co-founded the World