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 …
Mohan Dharia Acting with determination and firm action, it should be possible for India to step up its agricultural growth rate to 10 per cent. The 11th Five Year Plan seeks to achieve 4 per cent growth rate in agriculture by the end of the Plan period. The Planning Commission …
Swaraj Thapa After the focus on the Food Security Act and Communal Harmony Bill, the National Advisory Council (NAC) will next give attention to upliftment of tribals including ways to integrate schemes for their development in UPA
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Noted agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan on Friday urged researchers to take the lead in forging strong relationships with farmers to help them improve their incomes and yield per hectare.
It will be held at SRM University in Kattankulathur, with delegates from all over the country participating Express News Service THE Indian Youth Science Congress is all set to begin here on June 26. The three-day Congress is aimed at providing a platform for students and young teachers between the …
Effective steps to preserve biodiversity can only be taken at the ground level THE MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, on Monday, held a State-level meeting on "Community-based management of agro biodiversity in the era of climate change". "An effective initiative to preserve biodiversity will only happen at the ground level, this …
The pre-draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2010, published recently by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for public comments, is a welcome improvement over the existing one. In the last two decades, India's 7,500-km long, ecologically sensitive coastal region has become more vulnerable because of unbridled development and …
THE National Advisory Council (NAC), led by Sonia Gandhi, will get down to business this week itself with the Congress leadership finalising a list of 10 members. While four members of the previous NAC
AMIT AGNIHOTR NEW DELH The draft food May 23: The draft food security bill has come in for sharp criticism from experts who have cautioned the government against rushing in with the law guaranteeing food grains to the poor.
Two of India's foremost agricultural scientists, whose names invariably come up whenever the phrase "green revolution" is uttered or written about - Dr. MS Swaminathan and Dr MV Rao-have not endorsed the application of Bt technology in brinjal so far Why? Dr. Swaminathan is well known as the "father of …
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) today launched eight new programmes. The launch of the programmes was announced by professor M.S. Swaminathan, chair for sustainable development, IGNOU, while launching his book,
MUMBAI: The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 1991 does not require any amendments and this should remain as a base document to further strengthen the fragile coastal areas across the country. This is one of the key recommendations made by coastal communities across the country that is part of …
Noted agriculture scientist and Rajya Sabha member M S Swaminathan on Thursday called for a comprehensive plan to ensure food security in the coming years, in the wake of climate change and shrinking agricultural sector. In his address at the diamond jubilee lecture series at the Central Food Technological Research …
Aparna Alluri We have to treat land and farmer as a whole. Absentee landlordism continues to be a problem, says E.S.L. Narasimhan Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan (centre) and agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan release a book at a conference on
Ludhiana: Nanotechnology can boost farm research. This was stated by Dr MS Swaminathan, laureate, World Food Prize, and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), during his interaction with scientists at the electron microscopy and nanoscience laboratory, PAU. Dr Swaminathan, who visited the university recently, takes keen interest in bio-pesticides, another ushering …
Though commercial release of genetically modified brinjal has been put on hold, documents made public by the government suggest a proposed study to assess the vegetable's need and possible socio-economic impact on farmers was never done. Activists and farmers stage a protest against the commercialisation of genetically modified BT Brinjal …
