Major initiatives to clean waterways and training on solid waste management for local self-government representatives were the highlights of the Swacchata campaign

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) have entered into a strategic partnership on research and programmes around agriculture and food security, nutrition, climate change adaptation, community resilience building, and sustainable livelihoods in India.

The pandemic closed the schools.

Covid pandemic shrank the entire world into a single room.

Fish is the staple food of the seafaring people and the people in Poombukar in Nagapattinam district are constantly changing their eating habits as there is no fish available due to lockdown.

Women make up 80% of the workforce on farmland.

Fish for All Research and Training Centre of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in collaboration with National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Chennai, Ministry of Earth Science, organized International Coastal Clean-up day campaign – Clean Seas! Our Pride! – for the last one week period covering three beaches in three coastal districts of Tamil Nadu covered Samiyarpettai beach in Cuddalore district (20th September 2021) Poompuhar beach in Mayiladuthurai district on 22nd September and Rameswaram Sangumal beach in Rameswaram on 24 September 2021.

There is always a need for dedicated scientific platforms where young school students and teachers can learn basic process skills and attitudes towards science such as observing, classifying, communicating, measuring, inferring, and predicting.

Odisha based Biju Patnaik Tribal Agro-biodiversity Centre of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, has observed the World Breastfeeding Week at its action villages under the project “Strengthening Livelihoods and Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security of Small and Marginal Farmers in Koraput District of Odisha through a Farming System Model” supported by Government of Odisha under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) with the active involvement of pregnant, lactating mothers and adolescent girls.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has adopted the concept of Village Knowledge Centres (VKC) developed and demonstrated by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in different parts of India.

The tribal women in Kotia village, Pottangi block of koraput they collect and make Jhadus (Hill Brooms) for their livelihoods.

Horticulture production has reached 307 mt during this year thereby making us one of the largest producers of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.