Famines were frequent in colonial India and some estimates indicate that 30 to 40 million died out of starvation in Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Bengal during the later half of the 19th century. — 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
