The National Policy for Farmers calls for a paradigm shift from measuring agricultural progress merely in terms of growth rates, to measuring… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It will be very foolhardy and suicidal for a country like India to forgo food security. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
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 Image
Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
