Most pesticides lose their efficacy after a few years, because of pest resistance to pesticides. This is why companies go on changing the varieties. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
A number of non-banking finance companies have entered the rural microcredit market. Many microcredit agencies have been charging interest rates not very dissimilar to those charged by moneylenders. Borrowing then becomes more to meet pressing consumption needs, rather than for farming or small-scale enterprises. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
In spite of the dominant role played by women in both farming, they are denied credit as they lack land titles. Only a small percentage of Kisan Credit Cards goes to them. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
The loss of land for food security has to be measured not only in quantitative terms but also in respect of land use. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
India’s future has to be built on the foundation of social protection of the economically and socially handicapped sections. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. We can classify our crops into those which are climate resilient and those which are climate sensitive. For example, wheat is a climate sensitive crop, while rice shows a wide range of adaptation in terms of growing conditions. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
Integrated coastal zone management procedures involving concurrent attention to both the landward and seaward site of the ocean and to coastal forestry and agro-forestry as well as capture and culture fisheries are urgently needed. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
There is talk about the need for a second Green Revolution. However, such a revolution is nowhere in sight. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
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. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
I had the privilege of knowing and working with Norman Borlaug – who has been aptly described by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee as the greatest hunger fighter of our time – for nearly 50 years. M. S. Swaminathan Read Quote
