The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Ludhiana: With wheat production in Punjab reaching an all-time high, well-known agricultural scientist and Rajya Sabha MP Dr M S Swaminathan on Wednesday urged the state government to provide farmers with an additional Rs 100 per quintal over the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as was the case in Mahrashtra and …
Says national commission for farmers a must to understand their problems. Wants MSP for crops to be announced well before the sowing season Says that right to food security should be made a legal right. Samrala: The Chairman of the National Commission on Agriculture, Dr MS Swaminathan, says that farmers …
NEW DELHI, 22 APRIL: The government has failed to make agriculture a profitable enterprise and to raise the livelihood of the farmers, according to farmer leader and president of Bharatiya Krishak Samaj, Dr Krishan Bir Chaudhary. Chairing the national conference on “Food Security & Right to Food”, organised jointly by …
New Delhi: Eminent scientist M S Swaminathan has conveyed his inability to chair a panel on checking pesticide residues in the capital. In a communiquésenttothe government, Swaminathan said he was tied down with work and he won’t be able to become partof the panel.The government on Monday informed HC aboutthedevelopment …
Agricultural scientist-economist Prof. Swaminathan will move a private member’s bill in the Rajya Sabha that seeks access to water, credit and inputs for women farmers. The Women Farmers' Entitlement Bill, 2011, has been submitted to the Rajya Sabha, according to Prof. Swaminathan. Delivering the first Swami Ranganathanandaji memorial lecture here, …
Calls for engaging local people on a continuous basis Renowned agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan has suggested that consultative committees be formed in and around the Kudankulam area, comprising civil society representatives and nuclear technology experts, so that the local people could be engaged on a continuous basis on the …
Cotton production in the country has more than doubled due to the use of Bt cotton seeds, said Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today, batting in favour of the contentious genetically modified crop that is coming under increasing attack from activists and farmers for “stagnant yields, pest resistance and evolution of …
Eminent economist Madhura Swaminathan on Tuesday said the UPA government's flagship Food Security Bill should have a universal appeal as any targeted selection would lead to complications in picking the beneficiaries in a big country like India. The Indian Statistical Institute Professor, whose research falls in the area of food …
The Stockholm Internati-onal Water Institute (SIWI) has warned against the increasing leasing and buying of millions of hectares of farmlands in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America for food and fuel production. This land is being leased to private investors and sovereign wealth funds with no explicit legal agreement on …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday suggested the government to rope in eminent scientist M S Swaminathan as an “outside” expert for a panel set up to check pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Rajiv Shakhder stressed the need for …
The South Asian sub-continent faces the worst brunt of climate change in years to come, scientists of the UN’s Inter-governmental panel on climate change have warned. The sub-continent faces a challenge that it can only surmount acting in cohesion. While the countries in the region — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, …
A decade ago, Chandra Pradhani, a Paraja tribal of Nuaguda village in Kundra block of Odisha's Koraput district, would migrate to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to earn a living as a brick kiln worker. He no longer does this. Today, he is feted by the nation. He was one of the …
The first-ever Global Food Security Forum, organized by OCP Group, a Moroccan multinational corporation and a global leader in production of phosphate fertilizer, was held in Rabat, Morocco, last week. Some 300 scientists and other stakeholders from around the world participated. In his opening remarks, noted agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan, …
Kuttanad Package to be taken up in three phases The State government would soon launch various projects as part of the first phase of the Kuttanad Package prepared by M.S. Swaminathan Commission, said Sam Eapen, Upper Kuttanad Nelkarshaka Samiti (UKNS) president, here on Sunday. Talking to The Hindu , Mr. …
This has reference to the article, “Beware the biotech Bill” (March 5) by Avik Roy. This was a much needed comprehensive article on genetically modified crops and the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill. The questions raised are the ones that people regularly get to hear. There is this basic …
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said no NGO influenced his decision to put a moratorium on Bt Brinjal, a statement that comes against the backdrop of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raising questions about the role of foreign funded NGOs in blocking use of genetic engineering. Dr. …
Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today said no NGO influenced his decision to put a moratorium on Bt Brinjal, a statement that comes against the backdrop of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raising questions about the role of foreign funded NGOs in blocking use of genetic engineering. “Green Peace a foreign funded …
Framework of corpus in nascent stage, to come up in 2012-13 Budget The government is planning to come up with a price protection fund to cushion the burden of food subsidy, which is expected to grow manifold under the new Food Security Bill. The proposed fund, under the ministry of …
Synergy between technology and public policy is essential for enhanced productivity in agriculture and aquaculture to meet the food and nutritional needs of the growing population, said M.S. Swaminathan, chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. Inaugurating an aquatic health testing facility at the Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) here on …
M.S. Swaminathan delivers talk at sustainable development meet “Develop science to overcome the impact of the changes in the climate on food production,” M.S. Swaminathan, eminent agricultural scientist, appealed to scientists on Wednesday. Inaugurating the three-day consultation on ‘Sustainable development- 20 years after Rio: biodiversity-food security and livelihoods', organised by …
