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 paradigm shift under the leadership of the author, from a green to an ever-green revolution necessary for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Swaminathan, M. S. [ (Monkombu Sambasivan)] (Author), Borlaug, Norman E. [ (Norman Ernest)] , 1914-2009 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific , 2010
Series:IISc centenary lecture series 3
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Food security and economic development - how science is applied to solve problems of poverty, drought and famine
  • 2. Science and food security - how scienceis used to generate efficient and optimal agricultural outputs
  • 3. Food security and ecological balance - how the gains of green revolution are impacted by climate change, how science will be helpful in ensuring sustainable food security, green revolution to ever-green revolution - a roadmap