(born 1914) Winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in creating the Green Revolution in which limited acreage fed more and more people. Borlaug learned from his experiences of the Midwest Dustbowl and developed high-yield, low-pesticide dwarf wheat crops that proved effective in Mexico and then in South Asia in the 1960s. His later campaigns against famine in Africa, however, faced criticism for their impact on population growth and the crops’ need for pesticides and irrigation.