The National Policy for Farmers calls for a paradigm shift from measuring agricultural progress merely in terms of growth rates, to measuring it in terms of the growth in the real income of farm families.

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• M. S. Swaminathan:

  Agriculture can trigger job-led economic growth, provided it becomes intellectually satisfying and

• M. S. Swaminathan:

  I had the privilege of knowing and working with Norman Borlaug - who has been aptly described by th

• M. S. Swaminathan:

  Farmers, young and old, educated and uneducated, have easily taken to the new agronomy. It has been

• M. S. Swaminathan:

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

• M. S. Swaminathan:

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

• M. S. Swaminathan:

  The Climate Risk Managers can be trained in the science and art of managing uncertain rainfall patt

• M. S. Swaminathan:

  We have to initiate a bio-shield movement along the coastal areas by raising mangrove forests, plan

• M. S. Swaminathan:

  The government should promote community nurseries of mangrove species and other appropriate tree sp

• M. S. Swaminathan:

  There is an urgent need for regeneration of fisheries and fostering a sustainable fisheries program

• M. S. Swaminathan:

  The construction of permanent sea walls can be taken up only in places where there is sea erosion d