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 …
J. Balaji NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member and noted agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan has urged the media to give more importance to the agriculture sector to help it face another revolution on the lines of
CHENNAI: The chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, M.S. Swaminathan, was awarded a honoris causa by the University of Talca at a recent function in Chile. University Vice Chancellor Luis Huerta and Rector Juan Antonia Rock presented the award to Dr. Swaminathan. In his remarks, Dean of the Faculty …
Amid concerns over the adverse impact of unchecked construction activities in the ecologically sensitive coastal zones of the country, the Environment Ministry on Tuesday came out with a new set of
KOCHI: The present draft of the Food Security Act, aimed at guaranteeing food at affordable prices, will not result in food security, said agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan. A holistic approach is required to give integrated attention to all links in the production-consumption chain, said Prof Swaminathan. He was delivering …
KOCHI: Renowned agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said here on Monday that the present draft of the Food Security Act would not provide food security. Delivering the Sarada-Krishna-Satgamaya Foundation lecture on
B. Muralidhar Reddy COLOMBO: A six-member Indian agriculture expert team led by S.P. Tiwari, Deputy Director General of Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR), is on a four-day visit to the island nation. Its mission is to help the renewal of agriculture in Northern Sri Lanka as part of the …
Sept.11 : In times when food is genetically manipulated and chemically contaminated, the metaphor "food for thought" can also stand for manipulated information and be toxic food for thought. Unfortunately, Dr M.S. Swaminathan
Narayan Lakshman Assured livelihood: Recent audits have affirmed the contribution the NREGS has made to employment security. CHENNAI: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has matured from its 2006 launch to the point where the concept of NREGS-II is now doing the rounds in policy circles. However, before this …
M. S. Swaminathan, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, writes: The untimely and tragic death of Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy is a grievous loss to Indian agriculture at a time when the country needs most visionaries of his foresight and commitment to reverse …
BHUBANESWAR: Former Union minister and BJP leader Braja Kishore Tripathy today demanded immediate declaration of Orissa as a drought-affected state because the fickle monsoon and deficient rainfall in almost all the districts are likely to affect foodgrains output. Criticising the State Government for ignoring warning from agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan, …
The moon must not be a tough challenge for Prof. M.S. Swaminathan who has battled odds since childhood to rise to be the top agricultural scientist of India. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan If India ever gets land on the moon, and astronauts are asked to grow rice and wheat on its …
MUMBAI: The state plans to write to the Centre, asking for a separate set of rules for Mumbai when it amends the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, which prohibits construction close to the coastline. The draft notification of the coastal management zone (CMZ) lapsed on July 22. Urban development department's …
The government, it seems, has decided to go slow on the Food Security Act, something it had promised to enact very quickly, just a month ago. An early indicator of the changed approach was evident in the Budget speech when the finance minister said that a draft of the legislation …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Bringing relief to the fishing community which feared displacement, the government on Friday announced that the draft Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) Notification, 2008 would be allowed to lapse on July 22. Instead, the existing Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 1991, will be amended to take into …
Parliamentary committee asks centre to hold back CMZ notification sustained protests by fishing communities and environmentalists has forced the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to review the proposed Coastal Management Zone (cmz) draft notification that allows airports and other development projects in coastal areas. The ministry has set up …
A.V. Ragunathan CUDDALORE: The Union budget does not reflect the recommendations of the National Commission on Farmers headed by M.S. Swaminathan which has clearly spelt out measures to be taken for rejuvenating the agriculture sector, according to R.V. Giri, State general secretary of the Consortium of Indian Farmers
Agricultural scientist and chairman of National Commission on Agriculture MS Swaminathan said that any attempt to promote the cooperative or group farming will succeed only if it is made into win-win situation for all those who join it. Addressing a meeting on
June 29: Renowned agricultural scientist and rice specialist Prof. M.S. Swaminathan on Monday suggested that at least one man and a woman in every village should be trained as climate risk managers. Speaking at an all-party meeting convened by the state government on cooperative farming, Prof. Swaminathan said monsoon management …
Cooling water booth installed in school at West Mambalam KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: D. Jayasudha, a student of Government Medical College, Vellore, receives books from Rajya Sabha member M.S. Swaminathan at a function organised by the Rajasthani Association, Tamil Nadu, in Chennai on Sunday. CHENNAI: Women in the North-East States are …
