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Determining the Number Norman Borlaug - The Green Revolution: There are numerous published reports that Norman Borlaug, through the green revolution, saved over a billion lives, but there seem to be no sources of statistics backing up these statements. They seemed to have arisen due to predicted apocalyptic famines. The famines were unlikely to have occurred on the scale predicted with or without the green revolution. However, this does not lessen the impact of the green revolution on mortality. Numerous studies have shown that childhood nutrition has an emphatic effect on childhood mortality and longevity. Gabriel Popkin, the science fact checker for the book, compiled statistics on the changes the green revolution brought to nutritional levels in children in parts of the world most affected by the green revolution, and its affect on childhood mortality. --Amy R. Pearce, PhD Click HERE to learn About the Numbers |