KOCHI: The SCMS-Cochin has established a chair to study climate change and related environmental issues with the celebrated bio scientist Dr M S Swaminaanth as chairman of its advisory board. SCMS-Cochin claimed to be the first institution in the country to establish such a chair.
Nutrition rich: Member of Parliament M.S.Swaminathan launches the Ragi Malt of Kolli Hills at a function in M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai on Tuesday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said here on Saturday that the State government or Kerala Agriculture University should take steps to establish a research and training centre on below sea-level farming at Kuttanad. Speaking on
Indira Gandhi National Open University on Thursday launched through teleconferencing a Certificate programme in Water Harvesting and Management (CWHM). The university also made all its 60 regional centres the special programme centres (SPCs) for this programme. The learning package will be supported by audio video CDS and cassettes made available at SPCs and regional centres.
The mandate of the 4th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture picked up momentum on Wednesday with London-based World Bank vice-president Katherine Sierra announcing a huge package for the environmentally-friendly process.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A price stability fund for farmers which the Finance Minister had promised and failed to deliver last fiscal year, is one of the highlights of the draft annual plan for 2009-2010, which had been approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
Saving ecology: M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, planting a sapling in Vellore on Sunday. Collector C. Rajendran is in the picture.
