5 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Roman statesman and writer — Marcus Porcius Cato the Censor — who wrote De Agricultura (On Farming, the oldest surviving Latin prose) and was famous for his austere conservatism and his repeated insistence that Carthage must be destroyed (Carthago delenda est).
Soviet agronomist who rejected Mendelian genetics in favor of an ideologically acceptable pseudo-biology — and whose dominance over Soviet biology (enforced by Stalin) contributed to agricultural failures and the persecution of genuine geneticists.
Agricultural scientist who developed high-yield dwarf wheat varieties, sparking the Green Revolution — credited with saving more than a billion people from starvation.
Indian geneticist and agricultural scientist who led the introduction of Borlaug's high-yield wheat varieties into India — the central architect of India's Green Revolution that averted mass famine.
Historian of science who has written extensively on the history of the Green Revolution — examining both its achievements and the political and institutional context that shaped it.