MONKOMBU SAMBASIVAN SWAMINATHAN (b. 1925) is a distinguished scientist of international repute whose work in the field of basic and plant genetics over a period of 30 years has justly earned him numerous national and international awards and honours. A Fellow of the National Science Academy and of the Royal Society of London, he has also been a recipient of the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards from the President of India. In 1977 he was elected Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.. and in 1978 he became a Foreign Member of the Ail-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the U.S.S.R. He received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1971 More recently, he was elected independent Chairman of the FAO Council. In the course of a varied and distinguished career he has been Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture. In April 1980 he became Member, Planning Commission of India, a position he occupied until April 1982 when he was appointed Director General of the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines.
13 Ebooks door M. S. Swaminathan
S. L. Kochhar & M. S. Swaminathan: Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Gardens
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Reinhard Grunwald & Friedrich Vogel: Patenting of Human Genes and Living Organisms
Biotechnology is one of the most promising fields of technology, especially since molecular biology methods have enhanced our knowledge of genes, their structure, and their action. This knowledge mak …
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M S Swaminathan: Science And Sustainable Food Security: Selected Papers Of M S Swaminathan
This book provides a roadmap for achieving sustainable agricultural advance and food security in an era of climate change and global economic melt-down. The contents include a description of the para …
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M S Swaminathan: IN SEARCH OF BIOHAPPINESS
This book describes how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. It deals with all aspects of conservation such as in situ …
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M S Swaminathan: IN SEARCH OF BIOHAPPINE (2ND ED)
In Search of Biohappiness deals with methods of converting agro-biodiversity hotspots into happy spots. This involves concurrent attention to conservation, and sustainable and equitable use. Bioresou …
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€43.99
Danny Hunter & E.D. Israel Oliver King: Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized …
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€47.65
Danny Hunter & E.D. Israel Oliver King: Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized …
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€47.49
M.S. Swaminathan: Remember Your Humanity
A well-known writer and speaker in forums all over the world, a list of Dr. Swaminathan’s writings and speeches goes to over 50 . This book collects together some of his more recent observations, edi …
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€64.44
M.S. Swaminathan: Remember Your Humanity
A well-known writer and speaker in forums all over the world, a list of Dr. Swaminathan’s writings and speeches goes to over 50 . This book collects together some of his more recent observations, edi …
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€64.06
Bhag Singh & M. S. Swaminathan: Establishment Of First Gene Sanctuary In India For Citrus In Garo Hills
To truly understand AIDS and sexual behaviour we must Possess the necessary knowledge and factual information acquired through formal education and teaching, self-learning and reading, and the person …
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M. S. Swaminathan: Science And The Conquest Of Hunger
India is the home of religion, philosophy and spirituality. Every age, she provides the world with armies of spiritual masters. The beauty of the Indian philosophy is the grand unification of a Metap …
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M. S. Swaminathan: Science and Integrated Rural Development
Oceanography may be one of the newest fields of science, but its roots extend back several tens of thousands of years when people began to venture from their coastlines in rafts. These first seafarin …
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