The correct answer is Norman Borlaug.

  Key Points

• Norman Borlaug:-
  • The "Father of the Green Revolution" is typically attributed to an American agronomist named Norman Borlaug.
  • Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 in recognition of his contributions to world peace through increasing food supply.
  • His pioneering work introducing high-yielding and disease-resistant wheat varieties combined with modern agricultural production techniques to Mexico, Pakistan, and India led these countries to greatly increase their food production and to serve as examples for the global Green Revolution.
  • His work is estimated to have saved a billion people from starvation worldwide. 
•  Green Revolution:-
  • The Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1950s and the late 1960s, that increased agricultural production worldwide, particularly in the developing world.
  • The term "Green Revolution" was first used in 1968 by former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) director William Gaud, who noted the spread of the new technologies and said, "These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution.
  • It is not a violent Red Revolution like that of the Soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of the Shah of Iran. I call it the Green Revolution."

  Additional Information

• Ralph Bunche:-
  • He was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading U.S. civil rights activist.
  • He received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine.
  • He was the first African American and person of color to be so honored in the history of the prize.
• Linus Carl Pauling:-
  • He was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator.
  • He was one of the most influential chemists in history and is considered one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.
  • His work contributed significantly to the understanding of the nature of the chemical bond and the structure of molecules and crystals.
• Dr. M.S. Swaminathan:-
  • He is an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India's "Green Revolution," a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers.