Part 6. Borlaug and Chandler on the origins of IRRI & population growth

See Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ySNZo3AMs

See Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW8hpPi0rqI

See Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEjQbo-2nZQ

See Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQon8EfQblY

See Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhqQwfc0-No

In this multi-part discussion filmed in 1994, Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Winner who passed away on Saturday, 12 September 2009, and Dr. Robert Chandler (1907-1999), founding director emeritus of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; http://irri.org ), talk about the origins of the International Rice Research Institute.

In this segment, the point out that the population growth rate is probably the greatest threat to the well being of mankind.

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For more on Norman Borlaug, see http://www.cimmyt.org/english/wps/media/farewellBorlaug.htm and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayx6H6dzPRs

For more on Robert Chandler, see http://books.google.com/books/irri?id=m-3W2P_aOKoC&pg... and his own book, An Adventure in Applied Science, http://books.google.com/books/irri?id=3d-6iv9xQT0C&pr... ... (more info) (less info)

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