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Nature 461, 894 (15 October 2009) | doi:10.1038/461894a; Published online 14 October 2009

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Obituary: Norman E. Borlaug (1914–2009)

M. S. Swaminathan1

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Plant scientist who transformed global food production.

"More than any other single person of this age, he has helped provide bread for a hungry world. We have made this choice in the hope that providing bread will also give the world peace.

  1. M. S. Swaminathan is at the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Third Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600 113, India. He was director-general of the International Rice Research Institute, Manila, between 1982 and 1988.
    Email: chairman@mssrf.res.in