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History Day Bibliography Primary Sources Anderson, Alan Jr.( 1975 April, 27).

The green revolution lives: The green revolution. New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. 240 Contrary to other articles of the time, this article explains that the Green Revolution still lives despite the controversies surrounding it. Also, Anderson does not blame Norman Borlaug for the inability of developing countries to start the Green Revolution.

Borlaug, N. E. (1971). The green revolution: For bread and peace. Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists, 27(6), 6. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com In this article written by Norman Borlaug, we get a first hand perspective of Norman Borlaug navigated the tides of reactions during the Green Revolution. We learn of the many road blocks and differences of agriculture between all the different countries that were incorporated in the Green Revolution. As we read through this article, Borlaug looks back on all of his accomplishments and speaks of potential plans for the future of agriculture and people.

Borlaug, N. E. (1973). Challenges remain. Vital Speeches Of The Day, 39(18), 554. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com We learned through this article written by Norman Borlaug that despite the achievements made in the Green Revolution, civilization still has a long way to accomplish to make sure that everyone in the world does not starve. He reflects upon his success in the Green Revolution and explains his goals for the future.

Borlaug, N. E. (1973). Norman E. Borlaug: Civilization's Future. Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists, 29(8), 7. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com Norman Borlaug talks about the failure and successes of the Green Revolution. He states that together everyone needs to help balance the production of food versus population. Borlaug wants to keep changing and improving the worlds agriculture to meet the standard population. In this article, we especially learn of the long term effects and impacts of the Green Revolution.

Borlaug, N. E. (May 2007). Sixty-two years of fighting world hunger: personal recollections. Euphytica, 157(3), 287-297. doi: 10.1007/s10681-007-9480-9. Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/ Norman Borlaug writes of his recollections about his research and work in Mexico, and how it then spread to other developing parts of the world. From this we learn how he accomplished his work, and the successes and hardships that he experienced during his work. We also learned of the effects his research had on other countries, how his work eventually helped cause the creation of several international agricultural research centers, and the different major factors besides HYVs that were part of the Green Revolution. Norman Borlaug also mentions the problems in the economy and in research that agriculture has today.

Borlaug, Norman E. (2008). American Men & Women of Science. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. From this reference we discovered the many awards and honors Norman E. Borlaug received during his life because of his contribution to creating the Green Revolution.

Borlaug, Norman E. (2008) Stem rust never sleeps. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.hclib.org/docview/897114943?accountid=6743 This article was written by Norman Borlaug in the New York Times. In this article, he encourages and promotes the idea that we need to help other countries that have agriculture problems. Since this was written in 2008, it gives us an idea of the context of agriculture problems in post Green Revolution era.

Borlaug, Norman. (2009). The Economist, Vol. 392, p99. Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. This article discussed how Borlaug created a new kind of wheat that provided more food for the starving people in Mexico, where he began his research. This article tells how his new wheat hybrid spread throughout the world, helping countries with their starving populations.

Expert finds apathy in fertilizer crisis: $7-Billion needed a fight all the way. (21 June 1974). New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. 11 This article explains and elaborate about the controversy of using too much fertilizer and how politicians are ignoring the crisis. It also analyzes that we would need $7 billion to efficiently keep up with the fertilizer use. Like other New York Times articles, this gave us information about one of the main controversies after the Green Revolution.

Fertilizer-Or Famine. (24 Apr 1974). New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. 40 Like other articles, this article also states the controversies of the Green Revolution. The world either has to choose between using tons of fertilizer that the food could possibly be unhealthy or

having people starve. From this article we gained the context of post- Green Revolution.

Kangayam, Rangaswamy. (Sep. 14, 1999) India Can Make Room To Embrace the New. New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. A22 Written by Kangayam, this article states the reforms that India has to make to embrace the Green Revolution.

Norman E. Borlaug papers, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. They were personally donated by Norman Borlaug, varying from pictures to field notebooks. These were the most helpful primary resources of Norman Borlaug. We saw Norman Borlaugs field notebooks in different countries like Argentina, Mexico, and India. Also, we saw and felt the difficulties and challenges that Norman Borlaug faced when he was breeding the wheat because it was written all over his notebook. There were also publications written by Norman Borlaug, that we used for quotes and learn more about the process of the Green Revolution. We also saw pictures of Norman Borlaug ranging from 1940s, the start of the Green Revolution, and the 1990s, the end of the Green Revolution. This primary source helped us a lot because it gave us a visual and personally feel to the Green Revolution. We used these pictures of his notebooks, publications, and pictures in our website.

Norman Borlaug Profile -- Academy of Achievement. (n.d.). Academy of Achievement Main Menu. Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.achievement.org This website was an amazing resource with getting to know the views of Norman Borlaug. It was an organization that had personal interviews and pictures of Norman Borlaug and other great

American heroes. It had a interview of Norman Borlaug regarding his personal experience of the Green Revolution. Which assisted us in understanding his thoughts during the process of the Green Revolution. Also, this website had pictures donated from Norman Borlaug which we used in our website.

Phillips, Ronald. Interview. Phone. (February 24, 2012) Our phone interview with Dr. Philips from the University of Minnesota was specially helpful. He knew and worked with Norman Borlaug. From our interview, we learned why Norman Borlaugs work was revolutionary and how he implicated it. Dr. Philips also talked of Norman Borlaugs personality, which contributed to much of his success, especially since Norman Borlaug was a stubborn and willful person. We also learned the techniques from the Green Revolution that scientist still implicit today.

Pollack, Andrew.(2001, May15) Changing Times Challenge World Hunger Organization New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. F2 We used this article as a reference to peoples reaction of the Green Revolution because it talks about how in 1940, there were different needs to people so that is why the Green Revolution sparked, but since the world has plenty of food, now there is a different need for people. That is why the controversies of using too much pesticides and fertilizer popped up.

Rensberger, Boyce. (1977, January 30). Food: A Battle Won, Not the War. New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. IES19 We used this article in our collection of newspapers in the criticism tab. From this article we

gained information that in 1977, the Green Revolution already is dealing with complications which will eventually lead to its downfall.

Rohter, Larry. (02 Oct 2007). Scientists Are Making Brazil's Savannah Bloom. New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. F3 This article from the New York Times helped us expand our knowledge of the Green Revolution affects on other countries besides India, Mexico and Pakistan.

Runge, Ed. Interview. Email. (March , 2012) This interview with Dr. Runge, who personally knew Dr. Norman Borlaug, helped us put into context of his life and the Green Revolution. We both learned from this interview the places that the Green Revolution touched the most and the least. From this interview with Dr. Runge, he explained how Norman Borlaug expanded the new HYV and the impacts from the Green Revolution changed how the agricultural world works today.

Shenker, Israel. (1970, 22 October ). Green revolution' has sharply increased grain yields but may cause problems. New York Times, (1923-Current file), pp. 18 Despite the greatness of the Green Revolution in India, it may still lead to problems. From this article we gained that 1970s were the start of the failures of the Green Revolution.

Somin, Sengupta. (2008, June 22). Indias growth outstrips crops: green revolution fades in the nation of 1 billion. New York Times (1923-Current file), pp. 1

This article talks about the temporary affects of the Green Revolution to India. This article helped put into context the post Green Revolution time period. People are now just starting to realize that the Green Revolution was did have some bad affects to it despite saving a million lives.

Sterba, James P.(1973, 15 April) The Green Revolution Hasn't Ended Hunger: Great Potential for Uplift Tipped Too Readily 10 Per Cent in High-Yield Rice Wide Use of New Wheat Aim: A Tropical Dwarf The Old Squeeze'. New York Times, (1923-Current file), pp. 23 Sterba agrues in this article that the Green Revolution hasnt ended hunger, but has only temporary stopped it. Also, like the other articles of this time period he states why the Green Revolution has failed and why it isnt helping poor farmers.

Steven, William K. (1994, September 06). Green revolution is not enough, study finds: The status of women is a key to curbing growth in India. New York Times, (1923-Current file), pp. C11 Again this article is another criticism of the Green Revolution. It explains why and how the Green Revolution didnt work. Like other articles, this one helped us find the context of the time period after the Green Revolution.

Secondary Sources A New Manifesto. (n.d.). A New Manifesto. Retrieved February 18, 2012, from http://anewmanifesto.org/ From this dependable website, we got a quote from William Gaud, the USAID Administrator

about the Green Revolution.

A Timeline of Dr. Norman Borlaugs Work Involving the Rockefeller Foundation: The Rockefeller Foundation. (n.d.). The Rockefeller Foundation. Retrieved February 6, 2012, from http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org This source was from the Rockefeller Foundations website, the organization that Norman Borlaug worked with while breeding wheat in Mexico. It provided us with a timeline of Borlaugs work with the Rockefeller Foundation. Specially the year that he entered the Rockefeller Foundation and what he had to contribute to the Rockefeller Foundation.

Bickel, L. (1974). Facing starvation; Norman Borlaug and the fight against hunger ([1st ed.). Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Press; distributed by Dutton, New York. This book discusses the life of Norman Borlaug when he was just a boy in Iowa to winning the Nobel Peace Prize. We learned how Norman Borlaug helped diminish hunger and starvation in countries such as India, Pakistan, and Mexico by innovating and breeding different kinds of wheat.

Brown, L. R. (1971). The social impact of the green revolution. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This book provides us with information on the impacts the Green Revolution had on the societies and agriculture of developing countries. It helped us with seeing the big picture of the Green Revolution and its after effects, for instance the rise of income, development of new towns, crop diversification, employment, and new farming techniques.

Cereal Disease Laboratory : Wheat stem rust . (n.d.). ARS : Home. Retrieved February 18, 2012, from http://www.ars.usda.gov/ From the official United States Department of Agriculture website, we obtained pictures of stem, leaf, and black rust. The same kind of rust that plagued the wheat fields of Mexico in the 1940s.

Chambers, R. (1983). Beyond the green revolution. Delhi, India: Ford Foundation. These papers helped us with the reaction piece of our history day project. It criticized the good views of the Green Revolution in South Asia and explained why overall the Green Revolution was not adequate. This was a start of other research to why the Green Revolution was a quick fix and not a long term fix to agriculture.

Cereal Knowledge Bank (IRRI and CIMMYT) - Rice, Maize, Wheat and Cropping systems. (n.d.). Cereal Knowledge Bank (IRRI and CIMMYT) - Rice, Maize, Wheat and Cropping systems. Retrieved from http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org From the website of the IRRI, we obtained pictures for our website that we used as visuals.

Conway, G. R., & Barbier, E. (1990). After the green revolution: sustainable agriculture for development. London: Earthscan. Through this book, we learned of the overall concerns for economic growth around the time period of the Green Revolution, and how those concerns were reflected through agricultural development at that time. We also learned of the problems that werent addressed by the Green Revolution, such as how to keep the new harvests sustainable. The knowledge of these problems have influenced the reforms in agriculture today, so that the problems are addressed, which this book also gets into.

Dil, A. S. (1997). Norman Borlaug on world hunger. San Diego: Bookservice International. This is a collection of essays and speeches by Norman Borlaug. From these we were given some of Norman Borlaugs own stories of his work during the Green Revolution. Also found were his own thoughts and explanations on the agricultural innovations and government policies of the Green Revolution.

Gillis, J. (2009). Norman Borlaug, Father of a Crop Revolution, Dies at 95 - Obituary (Obit) NYTimes.com. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia.Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.nytimes.com This article from the New York Times helped us with Norman Borlaugs legacy. It was written right after he died and described why his work was important. We also took several pictures of Norman Borlaug from this article that we used in our website.

Green Revolution Timeline. (n.d.). Precision Agriculture, SOIL4213, Oklahoma State University. Retrieved February 6, 2012, from http://soil4213.okstate.edu/ This website was an educational resource for students, and was an amazing timeline for us because it gave specific dates on the achievements of the Green Revolution. We used this for separating and distinguishing the different countries that the Green Revolution influenced.

Griffin, K. (1979). The political economy of agrarian change (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. We learned various impacts of the Green Revolution through this book. It explained of the good

and bad affects the Green Revolution had in Asia and Latin America. Especially, the growth of agricultural labor, reduced malnutrition, and increased power of landowners. We used this as a source to how and why governments had to make reforms to the Green Revolution.

Growing a Nation. (n.d.). Agriculture in the Classroom. Retrieved January 5, 2012, from http://www.agclassroom.org Through this accurate and reliable website, it gave us an overview of major advancement and improvement of agricultural growth through the 1800s and 1900s. We found many agricultural federal government policies and programs. Most importantly, we were able to see the era of why the Green Revolution and Norman Borlaug was needed.

Hildon, C. G. (1988). India and the Green Revolution. Pendleton, OR: Clark G. Hildon. This seminar held by Hildon, gave us the facts of the Green Revolution in India. It was on the after effects of how the Green Revolution reformed Indian agriculture, society, and government. We used it as a resource to help us with the reaction part of our topic.

Hesser, L. F. (2006). The man who fed the world: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug and his battle to end world hunger : an authorized biography. Dallas, Tex.: Durban House Publishing Co. This book was written by an associate of Norman Borlaug. He tells of Norman Borlaugs life, and his work throughout the world. We learned the hard, back aching work that Borlaug had to endure to make innovations to the new wheat brand.

ISAAAvideos. (April 6, 2010). The Norman Borlaug Legacy. The Norman Borlaug Legacy. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com This video from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) had an interview with Dr. James the founder and chair of ISAAA. We used his interview in our website so our viewers could have a professional stand point in that Norman Borlaugs wheat was revolutionary.

McGovern, G. (2010). He did his damndest to feed the world: Norman Borlaug was an American original who saved more lives than anyone else in history. American History, 44(6), 64+. Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. This academic journal allowed us to see how people viewed the Green Revolution. Many people were affected by Norman Borlaug through the Green Revolution. Even after his death, his legacy stills lives on.

Norman Ernest Borlaug. (1998). Encyclopedia of World Biography, 17 Vols. Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. This article provided us with information in our preliminary research about Norman Borlaugs past and his work. It discussed the hard work, praise, and criticism of the Green Revolution.

Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture - Texas A&M University System. (n.d.). Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture - Texas A&M University System. Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://intlag.tamu.edu/ From this website from Texas A&M University, we used a picture of Norman Borlaug in Africa,

helping start the Green Revolution in Africa.

One in six. (2009). Commonweal, 136(17), 5. Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. This academic journal gave us a bigger picture of the Green Revolution outside of Norman Borlaug. It showed how other people were relevant to the Green Revolution. Also, it provided us with statistics before and after the Green Revolution, showing us how revolutionary Norman Borlaug really was.

Pearse, A. C. (1980). Seeds of plenty, seeds of want: social and economic implications of the green revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press; NY: Oxford University Press A resource that gave us a broad and in-depth look at the effects of the Green Revolution. We were given information on the Green Revolution changes to the economies, and to some extent the societies, of the major areas in the world where the Green Revolution took place, such as Mexico and Southern Asia. We learned of the problems that these regions had with the new technology and making use of it, as well as the benefits. We were also given the reasons for these problems and benefits, most of them being from the view of the farmers.

Point, t., & U.S., 4. M. (n.d.). Timeline of the Green Revolution - SourceWatch. SourceWatch. Retrieved February 6, 2012, from http://www.sourcewatch.org This website from the organization of Source Watch, helped us because we learned of the dates and years that the Green Revolution touched other countries. We saw how it started in Mexico, progress into Asia and the Mideast, and lastly into Africa and bits of South America. Even though,

the Green Revolution did not specially reform a country it did affect it by other countries around it or seeds being sent there.

Poleman, T. T., & Freebairn, D. K. (1973). Food, population, and employment; the impact of the green revolution. New York: Praeger Publishers. This book gave us the before and after effects of the Green Revolution. We learned that there was a need to have a change of crop, which was a reaction for the Green Revolution. Afterwards, they had to maintain and equally divide the crops between everyone, which lead to other issues and reforms in the Green Revolution.

PotashCorp. (May, 11, 2010). PotashCorp Tribute to Dr. Norman Borlaug. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com This was several interviews of people who knew or were experts on Norman Borlaug, combined into one video. We used a clip of this video on our legacy page to expand and elaborate about Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution.

Randhawa, M. S. (1973). Green revolution. New York: Wiley We learned how agriculture developed throughout history, from background information on its beginning in 7000 B.C. to how agriculture had since then changed with chemicals and technology in the 1940s. We also learned about Punjab, India, a region greatly affected by the Green Revolution. We were given information on Punjabs agriculture before and after the Green Revolution, and the changes that occurred in areas such as wheat and other crops, fertilizer, and land reforms. This gave us a sense of the kind of reforms that happened in India.

Rosset, Peter. (2000). Lessons from the Green Revolution. Retrieved from http://www.foodfirst.org/ This article explains the deficient and successful examples of the Green Revolution. We learn that big companies were more profitable because the had the money to spend on irrigation and fertilizers, while small farmers could not do the same. Also, though India is overflowing with wheat, millions of people are still starving to death because the poor cant afford to pay for the food. Overall, this article provided us with the information of the of successes and failures of the Green Revolution.

Sen, B. (1974). The green revolution in India; a perspective. New York: Wiley. From this book saw the balanced view of how the Green Revolution brought by Norman Borlaug to personally affected Indian agriculture. It gave us many statistics regarding India and its the wheat production, income of a family, and exports and imports before and after the Green Revolution. Through this book we discovered the failure and achievements of the Green Revolution in India and how it still affects India today.

Solbrig, Otto T. (2001). Its Impact on the World Food Situation. Food in the Americas Food Culture and Nutrition. Retrieved from http://www.drclas.harvard.edu This website from Harvard University of the David Rockerfeller Center, helped us with the main criticism of the Green Revolution.

The Man Who Fed the World. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug. Biography by

Leon Hesser.. (n.d.). The Man Who Fed the World. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug. Biography by Leon Hesser.. Retrieved February 19, 2012, from http://www.manwhofedtheworld.com/ From this website we gained information about Leon Hessor who worked with Norman Borlaug. The website also gave us many pictures of Norman Borlaug while he worked in the fields with his students.

The Wessels Living History Farm. (n.d.). The Wessels Living History Farm, the Story of Agricultural Innovation. Retrieved January 5, 2012, from http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org This academic website from a farm museum, provided us with the information of an overview of agriculture from the 1920s to present day. It brought into perspective of agriculture before and after the Green Revolution. We got to look at the timeline of how agriculture developed in the 20th century.

Truth About Trade & Technology.(December 1, 2008). Dr. Norman Borlaug. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com From this video of various and numerous interviewees, we took clips from this video to use as an affirmation of the Green Revolutions affect on different farmers around the world. They all expressed their personally feelings regarding the Green Revolution and how it changed their lives, which helped us put it into context.

The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World.(n.d.). The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and

Availability of Food in the World. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.worldfoodprize.org/ The World Food Prize is a dedicated organization created by Norman Borlaug. This website of theirs, was a fantastic preliminary research tool because it gave us a brief overview of Norman Borlaugs life and work. It supplied us with short summaries of his time during the Green Revolution.

Walsh, B. (2009). Norman Borlaug. TIME, Vol. 174, p22. Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. Through this article we learned the effect of Norman Borlaugs Green Revolution after his death. We used information from here as a part of Norman Borlaugs legacy and why the Green Revolution was significant in history.

WorldFoodPrize (April 14, 2009). Norman Borlaug: A Lifetime Fighting Hunger. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com From this video interview and documentary of Norman Borlaug, we took clips and used it to better explain the Green Revolution in India, Pakistan, and Mexico. Norman Borlaugs interview particularly helped us because he told the reactions of the farmers when they first met him.

World War II. (1999). In T. Carson & M. Bonk (Eds.), Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com. This resource from a database helped us learn of the time period at the beginning of the Green Revolution. While World War II started in 1939, the Green Revolution began in 1940. The two

events both interconnected and affected one another.

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