The agrarian crisis is getting more intensive & farmers’ suicides caused by a combination of adverse monsoon & market behaviour are getting prominent attention particularly in the mass media.

The question of permitting scientists to undertake field trials with GM varieties and crops has been a matter of controversy, although field trials are absolutely essential to assess risks and benefits.

It doesn't get simpler than this. A mud pot with a cover of cow dung serves as a means to preserve traditional seed varieties.Families and communities such as that of the demure Sunamani Paraja from Koraput district, Odisha use these kinds of simple methods to become "custodian farmers" or conservation champions in their community.

On 2nd February, 2015 a cadre of grassroots academicians received the prestigious NVA Fellowship award from Prof. M.S. Swaminathan in Chennai.

The "Hazard Line" for the coastal regions of India, must be prepared at the earliest to ensure that economic and urban development plans are implemented without affecting the environment or coastal livelihood, urged experts at the end of a two-day consultation at MSSRF in Chennai.

Over 40% of the coast is eroding in India, much higher than previous estimates according to experts at a Consultative Meeting on Coastal and Marine Zone Management held at MSSRF in Chennai today.

A galaxy of eminent scientists and policy experts in the field of science and technology will interact with young students and researchers to address Science and Technology options in achieving Zero Hunger Challenge at the 6th Indian Youth Science Congress (IYSC).

India has one of the highest levels of malnutrition in the world. To address this, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) today, announced that it would take up the Zero Hunger challenge and recommend to the Ministry of Agriculture to push for an International Year of Underutilized Crops.

Ragi’, all along considered to be a poor man’s diet, has now been given the flavor and soul so that anybody can enjoy this highly nutritious cereal in a way they wish to consume it.

“M S Swaminathan, in conversation with Nitya Rao – The Ethics and Politics of Science” explores the inter-relationship between science, humanity and policy through conversations between Professor M S Swaminathan and his daughter Dr Nitya Rao (Professor of Gender and Development, University of East Anglia, UK) in May 2014.

Every student should become a hunger fighter to overcome malnutrition in the country, said noted scientist, Professor M S Swaminathan, Founder, MSSRF.

Sometimes the simplest of solutions can have the most effective results for nutrition.