Pass Right to Food Act, says Swaminathan

Last Updated: Sunday, November 27, 2011, 20:52

MS Swaminathan, the mentor of India's Green Revolution, Sunday called for an early passage of the Right to Food Act, saying it would be the "brightest jewel in the nation's crown".

PMO directs focus on oilseeds, pulses for next Green Revolution

Last Updated: Friday, September 16, 2011, 19:44

Incentives and high-yielding seeds will be given to farmers in 60,000 village clusters each to cultivate oilseeds and pulses in a bid to attain self-sufficiency in the next Five Year Plan that runs from 2012-13 to 2016-17.

Organic Farming in Bihar for green revolution

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 10:54

After good roads, improving law and order, education and health services, Bihar is turning its attention to popularizing and promoting organic farming in the state to usher in a new "Green Revolution" in agriculture.

Second Green Revolution at Paliganj: Kalam

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 18:28

The hub of the second Green Revolution of the country would be at Paliganj in Bihar with the farmers "immensely contributing" towards achieving a revolution in foodgrain productivity, former President A P J Abdul Kalam said.

Food Entitlement Act in India soon: Swaminathan

Last Updated: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 12:13

India will soon be the first country in the world "to enact a food security entitlement act under which every family below the poverty line will get 35 kg of grain", says MS Swaminathan.

Gains of Green Revolution at risk: Report

Last Updated: Monday, September 27, 2010, 22:40

Gains of Green Revolution are at risk due to declining trends in agri-research & rural investment.

Bihar vying for Borlaug Institute

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 16:40

Bihar is in the race for the setting up of an internationally-acclaimed Borlaug Institute, famous for Green Revolution, state Minister for Agriculture Renu Kumari said on Wednesday.