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Agriculture · Q207

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 207

Q207

N. E. Borlaug was awarded Nobel Prize in

A.
1970
Answer
B.
1984
C.
1993
D.
1976

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
N. E. Borlaug was awarded Nobel Prize in 1970.
He was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.
Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
Borlaug received his B. S. in forestry in 1937 and Ph.D. in plant pathology and genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1942.