Borlaug, too, remained little known, even after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. But he and the Green Revolution had become exemplary to a certain sort of scientist, journalist, and environmentalist. The Borlaug package has become an emblem of the view that the road through humankind’s environmental difficulties lies through the groves of scientifically guided productivity. “Ours is the first civilization based on science and technology,” Borlaug said that day in 1968. “In order to assure continued progress we scientists…must recognize and meet the changing needs and demands of our fellow
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