Renowned scientist MS Swaminathan, who was hailed as바카라 웹사이트the father of India라이브 바카라 Green Revolution, passed away on Thursday at the age of 98. He was instrumental in바카라 웹사이트developing high-yielding varieties of paddy that helped ensure India라이브 바카라 low-income farmers produce more yield.바카라 웹사이트
"As for me being called ‘Father of Green Revolution’, I was not responsible for that. I always say I am a father of three fine girls!" Swaminathan had said in an interview in 2019.바카라 웹사이트
In a country that extensively depends on agriculture for livelihood, MS Swaminathan's efforts towards developing wheat varieties that would yield higher levels of grain as well as develop stalk structures strong enough to support the increased biomass, came at a time when farmers were struggling with lack of food security and rising population levels.
The initiative바카라 웹사이트was launched during바카라 웹사이트the바카라 웹사이트second Five Year Plan (1956 – 1961) and helped India address its hunger crisis especially after the바카라 웹사이트country witnessed the world라이브 바카라 worst recorded food crisis;바카라 웹사이트the Bengal Famine바카라 웹사이트in 1943.바카라 웹사이트
In addition to achieving a scientific breakthrough, Swaminathan developed innovative ways to demonstrate to farmers what the new, genetically superior grain could do. For example,바카라 웹사이트in 1966, he바카라 웹사이트set up 2,000 model farms in villages outside New Delhi to show farmers how to effectively increase production by using different farming techniques.바카라 웹사이트
His direct talks with farmers helped improve not just agricultural yields and scientific advances, but also helped overcome바카라 웹사이트the obstacles of illiteracy and lack of formal education about these modern farming techniques. His work helped doubled the total crop yield of wheat from 12 million tons to 23 million tons in four crop seasons and ended India라이브 바카라 dependence on grain imports.
He later worked with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to form agricultural policies that would ensure long-term self-sufficiency across the country.
He also served several leadership positions including being the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture in 1979 and 1980.바카라 웹사이트He was in charge of agriculture and rural development in India라이브 바카라 Planning Commission from 1980 to 1982. He also바카라 웹사이트became Director General of the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines in 1982.바카라 웹사이트
Not only did India become self-sufficient in food grains, the introduction of the Green Revolution helped increase the income of farmers. However, to address the agrarian crisis and farmers’ unrest across the country, he had urged the then UPA government to take steps to secure farmers’ income in a series of five reports between 2004 and 2006.
"All kinds of excuses have been given by governments for not implementing this recommendation like food price inflation. But the question is, do the farmers of this country, who constitute nearly half of the working population, also not need to eat?" Swaminathan had said in an interview to The Hindu.
