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India witnessed unprecedented food production in the 1970s and the 1980s, and this phenomenon was dubbed as the Green Revolution. The country was transformed from a food-deficient nation to a food-sufficient nation. The seeds of the Green Revolution were sown when Dr M.S. Swaminathan invited Dr Norman E. Borlaug to India in 1963.

The 2008 food crisis sets the stage for this paper, which explores the processes involved in the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development. The insights drawn are situated in an historical recognition of the interface between agricultural crises and agricultural knowledge.

States As Well As Tendulkar Committee Differ With Govt

BALASORE: The agriculture sector in India should be modernised to ensure good production or else the country would face food security crisis in the next 15 years, said Hans Wolff, Counsellor for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Wolff was here today to visit Sadhoba Marine Private Limited, a fishing net manufacturing unit at Khannagar.

India has made rapid progress in food grain production during second half of the 20th century in which Punjab has played a leading role. However, the growth rate in the state has slowed down over the years and now there is practically a plateauing of the productivity of wheat and rice, the two most important food grain crops.

Food security has emerged as a common thread in discussions among space scientists, forestry experts, agriculturalists and zoologists participating in the 97th Indian Science Congress, currently underway here. The issue is being debated in several sessions against the backdrop of global warming, climatic changes, water scarcity and changed land utilisation.

Lux Lakshmanan

A solution to the pulses and edible oils crisis is entirely within reach.

The state of India

All nations have to move to a low greenhouse gas emissions and energy-efficient development path
The Copenhagen meet made "limited progress" and no one was satisfied with the outcome, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday, while observing that taking the path of low greenhouse gas emissions was the only alternative and India "must not lag behind" on this.

Food inflation is the biggest of stories facing India as we enter a new year. India

The livestock sector is transforming rapidly in response to shifts in the global economy and changing societal expectations.

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