I always ask the farmers, when you get up in the morning, is there some information which you are lacking which you… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
Farmers are happy so long as their net income will not be adversely affected. In organic farming, in the first couple of… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
Farmers in rain-fed, dry areas such as Vidarbha and parts of Andhra Pradesh may own several hectares of land but their farm… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
Farmers, young and old, educated and uneducated, have easily taken to the new agronomy. It has been heart-warming to see young college… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
To sum up, agriculture has made important progress and our farmers have now shown that they are second to none in terms… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
All kinds of excuses have been given by governments for not implementing this recommendation like food price inflation. But the question is,… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
You can classify farmers into two major groups. One who saves seeds for the next crop and the other who purchases seeds… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
The government only gives subsidies for nitrogenous fertilisers. With the result, farmers do not apply balanced fertilisers. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
A life cycle approach to food security will imply attention to the nutritional needs of a human being from conception to cremation. The most… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
I always ask the farmers, when you get up in the morning, is there some information which you are lacking which you would like… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
When politicians talk of loan waiver, they are accepting that agriculture is not economically viable. They are giving a wrong signal that farming is… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
It will be very foolhardy and suicidal for a country like India to forgo food security. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
The purpose of developing a methodology for what they call genetic control over seed, is mainly to ensure that F1 hybrids are pure and… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
Without the wholehearted involvement of farmers, particularly of young as well as women farmers, it will be impossible to implement a Food Entitlements Act… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
Floods will become more serious and frequent in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Drought induced food and water scarcity will become more acute. South Asia, Sub-Saharan… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
After the Green Revolution, I came up with the concept of the Evergreen Revolution. In this we will see increase in farm productivity but… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
Where two or more crops are taken normally, it is time to begin preparation for a good rabi crop by assembling the seeds, soil… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
We have to initiate a bio-shield movement along the coastal areas by raising mangrove forests, plantations of casuarina, salicornia, laucaena, atriplex, palms, bamboo and… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
Agriculture involves crop husbandry, animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries. Your income will go up only if you look at the system, and not from… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
Aberrations in monsoon behaviour are not uncommon, having been with us throughout our agricultural history. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
Farming is the riskiest profession in the world since the fate of the crop is closely linked to the behaviour of the monsoon. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share
