COIMBATORE: For every area of human activity, there is a need to develop technologies, which can help achieve the desired goal without associated ecological harm. Harmony with Nature should become a non-negotiable ethic, which is the basis of sustainability science, M.S. Swaminathan, MP and Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, said here on Wednesday.
MUMBAI: Alluding to the risks involved in agriculture and the lack of a safety net for the poor, agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan called for reducing the dependency on agriculture by half and creating employment in other sectors to push up income levels.
Gargi Parsai, NEW DELHI: Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday differed on the approach to strategising adaptation to climate change, at an international conference here.
In an embarrassment for the government, two cabinet ministers, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Vayalar Ravi, endorsed and released an international NGO-sponsored report in Delhi demanding that India impose a carbon tax on the goods it produces and take on hard time-bound greenhouse gas emission reduction targets
CHENNAI: The worrisome trends in global hunger, exacerbated by high food prices, must be tackled with a multi-pronged strategy to increase small farm productivity and profitability, raise non-farm incomes and strengthen nutrition safety nets, M.S.Swaminathan, chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, said.
NEW DELHI: To meet the challenge of food demand of a growing population in developing countries, cereal yields will have to be increased by 40 per cent and net irrigation water requirements by40-50 per cent. An additional 100200 million hectares of land may be required to meet double the current food demand by 2050, agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said on Friday.
Sudha Nambudiri | KOCHI: The entire coastal belt in Kerala may come under the Coastal Management Zone-II if one goes by the population criterion mentioned in the recommendations of the M S Swaminathan
CHENNAI: Preserving biodiversity, whether through age-old traditions or modern biotechnology, is essential to combat the impacts of climate change, according to agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan.
Delivering a lecture on the management of climate change for sustainable food security at the Indian Institute of Technology here on Monday, Prof. Swaminathan called for the creation of infrastructure in
Surinder Sud / New Delhi August 18, 2008, 4:54 IST
The apex body for farmers' organisations has stated in a representation to the government that even big farmers were worse off than the lowest-paid government employees. It has charged the government with discrimination against farmers vis-
