The High-Yield Seeds That Helped Avert Famine

Rice fields in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. — Rice fields in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.Photograph by Fayaz Kabli/Reuters/Corbis

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By Evan Applegate

December 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM UTC

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This article is part of the December 8, 2014 issue of businessweek.

The High-Yield Seeds That Helped Avert Famine

1965 Disease-resistant wheat seeds developed by Norman Borlaug are introduced in India and Pakistan.