John S. Niederhauser: Recollections of a Life in Science and Agriculture - Hardcover

John Niederhauser is remembered and honored in this autobiographical memoir as one of the most important agricultural scientists of the last century, notable for his contributions to plant pathology and global agriculture, especially his work in the 1950s on late blight disease of potatoes. Along with winning the World Food Prize in 1990, Niederhauser was also a participant in other amazing events such as the Soviet collectivist experiment, the Rockefeller Foundation s Mexican Agricultural Program, the Green Revolution, and the development of the system of International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs).