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Re:Ask HN: What’s the most important modern simple invention? by narrator on Monday February 10, 2020 @06:26PM (#22294513)
Not to mention Norman Borlaug's development of dwarf wheat which kicked off the green revolution and saved billions from starvation.
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Re:Ask HN: What’s the most important modern simple invention? by AareyBaba on Monday February 10, 2020 @07:13PM (#22294809)
An almost unbelievable life history is Dr Pandurang Khankhoje who came to San Francisco from China in 1906, got a PhD in agriculture from UC Berkeley and ended up in Mexico helping the farmers develop high-yielding varieties of corn and wheat before Dr Norman Borlaug. https://www.livehistoryindia.com/cover-story/2020/02/09/dr-p...
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