Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution, has died in the US state of Texas at the age of 95.

Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for developing disease-resistant wheat that helped developing world in fighting famine.

Kathleen Phillips, spokeswoman for Texas A&M University said Mr. Borlaug passed away after a long battle with cancer.

It is said that "corn-fed, country-bred Iowa boy" saved more lives than any other person in the world as his disease-resistant wheat helped millions in India and Pakistan in fighting back starvation in the 1960s.

In 2007 Mr. Borlaug was bestowed with the Congressional Gold Medal for his sincere work.

Mr. Borlaug got his bachelor's degree in 1937 from the University of Minnesota, where he met Margaret Gibson, his future wife.