in 1960, norman borlaug was an instrumental scientist in the green revolution research funded for ten years by the rockefeller foundation, for ten years, by the way, without any obvious progress being noted, a great philanthropic commitment. the international institute for rice was created in the philippines. some six years later the institutes for maize and wheat was created in mexico. in 1972 a suggestion was made, i think by morris strong, who had been the secretary general of the stockholm conference and canadian, that the united nations, the world bank actually take over the secretariat and the funding for what then became a series of these institutes designed to promote seed development, food productivity in all parts of the world. secretary general of the -- of the world bank then was robert mcnamara. he embraced this program. and there emerged something called the consultative group on international agricultural research. my expectation, climate works' expectation for the conference in rio, is to create a consultative group on low emissions development. if that is done, climat

in 1960, norman borlaug was a scientist in the research funded for ten years by the rockefeller foundation, ten years by the way without any obvious progress being noted, the great philanthropic commitment. the international institute was created in the philippines. some six years later philippines were raised and 1970 to the suggestion was made i think by morris strong, this a good jury general of the conference that the united nations, the world bank actually, take over the secretariat and the funding for would then begin a series of institutes designed to promote development productivity in all parts of the world. secretary-general of the bank was robert mcnamara. he embraced this program and they're emerged something called the consultative group on the international agricultural research. my expectation, the climate works expectation for the conference in rio is to create a consultative group on low emissions development. climate works to substantial matching funding of the initial outlays made by the world bank and international aid and development organizations. that is a very speci

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