M. S. Swaminathan

A life cycle approach to food security will imply attention to the nutritional needs of a human being from conception to cremation.…

— M. S. Swaminathan

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

When politicians talk of loan waiver, they are accepting that agriculture is not economically viable. They are giving a wrong signal that…

— M. S. Swaminathan

It will be very foolhardy and suicidal for a country like India to forgo food security.

— M. S. Swaminathan

The purpose of developing a methodology for what they call genetic control over seed, is mainly to ensure that F1 hybrids are…

— M. S. Swaminathan

Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides.

— M. S. Swaminathan

Without the wholehearted involvement of farmers, particularly of young as well as women farmers, it will be impossible to implement a Food…

— M. S. Swaminathan

Where there is a challenge there has to be a response.

— M. S. Swaminathan

Floods will become more serious and frequent in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Drought induced food and water scarcity will become more acute. South…

— M. S. Swaminathan

After the Green Revolution, I came up with the concept of the Evergreen Revolution. In this we will see increase in farm…

— M. S. Swaminathan

Where two or more crops are taken normally, it is time to begin preparation for a good rabi crop by assembling the…

— M. S. Swaminathan

We have to initiate a bio-shield movement along the coastal areas by raising mangrove forests, plantations of casuarina, salicornia, laucaena, atriplex, palms,…

— M. S. Swaminathan

Agriculture involves crop husbandry, animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries. Your income will go up only if you look at the system, and…

— M. S. Swaminathan

Aberrations in monsoon behaviour are not uncommon, having been with us throughout our agricultural history.

— M. S. Swaminathan

Farming is the riskiest profession in the world since the fate of the crop is closely linked to the behaviour of the…

— M. S. Swaminathan

There is talk about the need for a second Green Revolution. However, such a revolution is nowhere in sight.

— M. S. Swaminathan

We have to devise ways to lower the cost of production and reduce the risks involved in agriculture such as pests, pathogens,…

— M. S. Swaminathan

Famines were frequent in colonial India and some estimates indicate that 30 to 40 million died out of starvation in Tamil Nadu,…

— M. S. Swaminathan

Denying a child even at birth an opportunity for the full expression of its innate genetic potential for physical and mental development…

— M. S. Swaminathan

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

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. We can classify our crops into those which are climate resilient and those which are…

— M. S. Swaminathan

At least five cents in every acre should be reserved for the construction of ponds to store rainwater.

— M. S. Swaminathan

Contract farming can be promoted if it is structured on the basis of a win-win situation both for the producer and the…

— M. S. Swaminathan

One of India's major blessings is the rich store of experience and knowledge available in the rural and tribal areas.

— M. S. Swaminathan

If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right.

— M. S. Swaminathan