The man who saved millions of lives from starvation.

The man who saved millions of lives from starvation.

The man who saved millions of lives from starvation.

Plant breeding has revolutionized that cultivation of crops. The result of the plant breeding is tremendous and extremely impressive. It increases the whole production many times.

Plant breeding helped to cope up with the food availability problems due to increasing population and demand.

Do you the man behind the man behind Plant breeding. The man who saved millions of lives from starvation by giving plant breeding to this planet.

Today in this article I will tell you about him.

The man who saved millions of lives from starvation.

He is Dr.Henry Beachell.

The man who saved millions of lives from starvation.

All about Henry Beachell:

• Henry Beachell was born on September 21, 1906, Waverly, Nebraska, U.S and he reached the final abode on 13 December 2006(aged 100 years). 

• He was an American plant breeder.

•  His research led to the development of hybrid rice cultivars that saved millions of people around the world from starvation.

• In 1930 he earned an agronomy degree from the University Of Nebraska.

• After graduation he studied at Kansas State University, Beachell worked for the U.S Department of Agriculture in Texas.

What was his major contribution?

• In U.S department he created 9 rice varieties, which eventually accounted for more than 90 % of the U.S long-grain rice production.

• He was also known as the most important person in rice improvement in the world.

• As a farmer planted higher-yielding rice, nutrition improved in many Asian countries.

• It also helped to increase the income of farmers.

Awards:

• He received several international awards like Japan Prize in 1987 and World Food Prize in 1996.

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