Norman Borlaug
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Norman Borlaug has no counted entries yet.
Counted totals by category
Each category is totalled in its own unit; units are never added together.
| Category | Unit | Positive | Negative | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| people | lives | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| people | people | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall: not enough data yet (needs 2 category tabs). Tab positions: Lives #1
Influence (reach, not impact): Wikipedia articles in 77 languages (Wikidata, as of 2026-10-18); 211,289 English Wikipedia page views, 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30. Not counted in the score.
Counted entries
Approved claims with 2 trusted sources; these drive the totals (counted = scale × credit share).
Positive
| Claim | Sources | Scale | Credit | Counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bred disease-resistant dwarf wheat; Mexico self-sufficient in wheat by 1956, 95% of crop semi-dwarf by 1963, harvest 6x 1944 (Guardian) | theguardian.com + worldfoodprize.org 'Borlaug's new wheat varieties enabled Mexico to achieve self-sufficiency in 1956.' (95%/6x figures not restated) | 0 | Direct | 0 |
Negative
| Claim | Sources | Scale | Credit | Counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None. | ||||
Estimates (excluded)
Approved but marked as estimates; not counted unless estimates are included.
| Claim | Sources | Scale | Credit | Counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarf wheat/Green Revolution credited with averting famine that would have starved est. 1 billion (Guardian) | theguardian.com + govinfo.gov Public Law 109-395: 'increasing the number of lives Dr. Borlaug has saved to more than a billion people.' + govinfo.gov Public Law 109-395 (Congressional Gold Medal act): 'increasing the number of lives Dr. Borlaug has saved to more than a billion people.' | 1 billion | Direct est. | 1 billion |
Not counted / unproven
Unproven or rejected claims. They are shown for transparency and do not affect the totals.
Not counted, positive
| Claim | Sources | Scale | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trained 2,000+ young scientists from ~20 countries at CIMMYT wheat program (Guardian) | theguardian.com + cimmyt.org [DOES NOT CONFIRM 2,000/~20 countries] 'several thousand men and women agricultural scientists from more than 50 countries are proud to say they were Norman Borlaug's "students."' | 200 | unproven |
| New wheat varieties to improve living conditions of 'hundreds of millions' (Nobel 1970 speech) | nobelprize.org + govinfo.gov 'saved hundreds of millions from famine and outright starvation in India and Pakistan.' | 20 million | unproven |
Not counted, negative
| Claim | Sources | Scale | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| None. | |||