"[[Borlaug]] lacked the funding and team for the ambitious project he wanted, but over the course of the next 10 years, **he tried more than 6,000 cross-breedings of wheat crops**. Borlaug’s persistence paid off, and he made a series of breakthroughs that transformed the crops available to farmers across [[Mexico]]. ([Location 2541](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=2541))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[intellectual-property-law]], [[scientific-method]], [[slowing-down-not-stopping]], [[progressing-slowly]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]