Tag: MS Swaminathan
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Mumbai Farmers’ March: What the Swaminathan Commission report is all about
Around 35,000 farmers under the banner of the farmers’ wing of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), marched into the heart of Mumbai on Sunday night – quietly. They began their ‘Long March’ from Nashik and covered a distance of 180 kilometres in about five days to the Maharashtra capital. All...
March 12, 2018 -
Farm loan waiver a relief, not a solution: Sainath
Veteran journalist P Sainath on 11 June described farm loan waiver as a relief but not a solution to agrarian crisis and accused the Modi government of not fulfilling its poll promise of implementing MS Swaminathan's recommendations. "It is very important to understand that the protests across the country by the farmers is not about loans...
June 12, 2017 -
Develop rice varieties to cope with climate change: Swaminathan
Stating that rice is going to be the future crop and the “food security savior”, renowned agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan on Monday said there is no time for scientists to relax but develop varieties that can better adapt to climate change and boost rice yields. No doubt introduction of the first “semi-dwarf rice variety IR8”...
November 21, 2016