This book provides a comprehensive discussion on the causes of hunger and resource management to achieve food security.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
M. S. Swaminathan is the founder chairman of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. He studied at the Plant Breeding Institute, University of Cambridge, and earned his PhD in 1952. He has contributed significantly in the areas of agricultural science, food and nutrition and been described by the United Nations Environment Program as the 'father of economic ecology'. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1971, the Albert Einstein World Science Award in 1986, and the first World Food Prize in 1987. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Italian Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) in India from 2007 to 2013. Swaminathan was Director General, International Rice Research Institute, the Philippines, from 1982 to 1988. He has published a number of articles in national and international journals.
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Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Genesis and growth of the yield revolution in wheat 2. Our agricultural heritage 3. Shaping our agricultural destiny 4. Thrust on farm revival 5. Nutri-farm movement 6. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture 7. Food losses and food waste 8. Rice in zero hunger challenge 9. Monsoon management 10. Importance of ecological conservation 11. Caring for ecology and heritage 12. Conserving biodiversity 13. Overcoming hidden hunger through aquaculture 14. Biofuels ¿ the way to go 15. Food security 16. Vigilance for sustainable food security 17. Food security and social protection 18. Food security and its role 19. Sustaining the livestock revolution 20. Challenges in the year of science 21. Agriculture and humanism 22. Fostering the science of science communication 23. Olympic move for saving children 24. Youth: the agents of change 25. Role of women in agricultural production 26. Know-how to do-how 27. From Bengal famine to right to food 28. Financial institutions and fighting food inflation 29. Public good research in agriculture 30. The future of Indian agriculture Bibliography.
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Genesis and growth of the yield revolution in wheat 2. Our agricultural heritage 3. Shaping our agricultural destiny 4. Thrust on farm revival 5. Nutri-farm movement 6. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture 7. Food losses and food waste 8. Rice in zero hunger challenge 9. Monsoon management 10. Importance of ecological conservation 11. Caring for ecology and heritage 12. Conserving biodiversity 13. Overcoming hidden hunger through aquaculture 14. Biofuels ¿ the way to go 15. Food security 16. Vigilance for sustainable food security 17. Food security and social protection 18. Food security and its role 19. Sustaining the livestock revolution 20. Challenges in the year of science 21. Agriculture and humanism 22. Fostering the science of science communication 23. Olympic move for saving children 24. Youth: the agents of change 25. Role of women in agricultural production 26. Know-how to do-how 27. From Bengal famine to right to food 28. Financial institutions and fighting food inflation 29. Public good research in agriculture 30. The future of Indian agriculture Bibliography.
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