The air pollution in Delhi has become a matter of public health concern nationally and internationally.

M. S. Swaminathan

Organic farming and other earlier methods can be effective, provided they can help us improve soil health and plant health. Plant pesticides like neem and tobacco need to be promoted.

M. S. Swaminathan

The Green Revolution was criticised by social activists on the ground that the high-yield technology involving the use of mineral fertilizers and chemical pesticides is environmentally harmful.

M. S. Swaminathan

Leadership is something which other people have to recognize. You cannot demand that I am a leader.

M. S. Swaminathan

Agriculture is the backbone of the livelihood security system of nearly 700 million people in the country and we need to build our food security on the foundation of home grown food.

M. S. Swaminathan

Farming is the riskiest profession in the world since the fate of the crop is closely linked to the behaviour of the monsoon.

M. S. Swaminathan

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

M. S. Swaminathan

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

Micronutrient deficiency in the soil results in micronutrient malnutrition in people, since crops grown on such soils tend to be deficient in the nutrients needed to fight hidden hunger.

M. S. Swaminathan

I have frequently pointed out that the future belongs to nations with grains and not guns.

M. S. Swaminathan

Aberrations in monsoon behaviour are not uncommon, having been with us throughout our agricultural history.

M. S. Swaminathan

After the Green Revolution, I came up with the concept of the Evergreen Revolution. In this we will see increase in farm productivity but without ecological harm.

M. S. Swaminathan

Land is becoming a diminishing resource for agriculture, in spite of a growing understanding that the future of food security will depend upon the sustainable management of land resources as well as the conservation of prime farmland for agriculture.

M. S. Swaminathan

It will be very foolhardy and suicidal for a country like India to forgo food security.

M. S. Swaminathan

Where there is a challenge there has to be a response.

M. S. Swaminathan

Land tenure is key to protecting land rights. The Central and State governments should have accessible systems for registering, tracking and protecting land rights, including customary rights and common property resources.

M. S. Swaminathan

Waiver of farm loans is not an ideal solution. To ensure that the situation is not repeated, the government should focus on creating a robust system to extend the necessary ingredients of farming such as water harvesting systems, seed and fertiliser supplements.

M. S. Swaminathan

Green Revolution technologies are scale-neutral but not resource-neutral. Inputs are needed for output; therefore market-purchased inputs become important in providing soil and plant healthcare for higher yields.

M. S. Swaminathan

There are two major challenges before Indian agriculture today: ecological and economical. The conservation of our basic agricultural assets such as land, water, and biodiversity is a major challenge. How to make agriculture sustainable is the challenge.

M. S. Swaminathan

Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides.

M. S. Swaminathan

M. S. Swaminathan Quotes

The air pollution in Delhi has become a matter of public health concern nationally and internationally.

Organic farming and other earlier methods can be effective, provided they can help us improve soil health and plant health. Plant pesticides like neem and tobacco need to be promoted.

The Green Revolution was criticised by social activists on the ground that the high-yield technology involving the use of mineral fertilizers and chemical pesticides is environmentally harmful.

Leadership is something which other people have to recognize. You cannot demand that I am a leader.

Agriculture is the backbone of the livelihood security system of nearly 700 million people in the country and we need to build our food security on the foundation of home grown food.

Farming is the riskiest profession in the world since the fate of the crop is closely linked to the behaviour of the monsoon.

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

Most pesticides lose their efficacy after a few years, because of pest resistance to pesticides. This is why companies go on changing the varieties.

Micronutrient deficiency in the soil results in micronutrient malnutrition in people, since crops grown on such soils tend to be deficient in the nutrients needed to fight hidden hunger.

I have frequently pointed out that the future belongs to nations with grains and not guns.

Aberrations in monsoon behaviour are not uncommon, having been with us throughout our agricultural history.

After the Green Revolution, I came up with the concept of the Evergreen Revolution. In this we will see increase in farm productivity but without ecological harm.

Land is becoming a diminishing resource for agriculture, in spite of a growing understanding that the future of food security will depend upon the sustainable management of land resources as well as the conservation of prime farmland for agriculture.

It will be very foolhardy and suicidal for a country like India to forgo food security.

Where there is a challenge there has to be a response.

Land tenure is key to protecting land rights. The Central and State governments should have accessible systems for registering, tracking and protecting land rights, including customary rights and common property resources.

Waiver of farm loans is not an ideal solution. To ensure that the situation is not repeated, the government should focus on creating a robust system to extend the necessary ingredients of farming such as water harvesting systems, seed and fertiliser supplements.

Green Revolution technologies are scale-neutral but not resource-neutral. Inputs are needed for output; therefore market-purchased inputs become important in providing soil and plant healthcare for higher yields.

There are two major challenges before Indian agriculture today: ecological and economical. The conservation of our basic agricultural assets such as land, water, and biodiversity is a major challenge. How to make agriculture sustainable is the challenge.

Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides.