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M S Swaminathan
@msswaminathan
Official Twitter profile of Prof M S Swaminathan, agriculture scientist
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Sep 7, 2019
    As an Indian scientist I am grateful to @PMOIndia for remarkable encouragement to scientists in general & space scientists in particular. This will stimulate scientists to give their best to take India forward. Also glad that he stressed that success & failure provide lessons
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Aug 8, 2018
    Dr M #Karunanidhi was a scientists’ scientist. Among his numerous contributions to Tamil Nadu's development are outstanding universities like Anna University as well as the State Biotechnology Council and gender-sensitive institutions like the Women’s Biotechnology Park.
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Oct 16, 2020
    Shri Jawaharlal Nehru used to say “Everything else can wait, but not agriculture”. Mahatma Gandhi also used to emphasise that without food & safe drinking water our life cannot get fulfilled. #WorldFoodDay2020
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    M S Swaminathan
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    Nov 4, 2019
    The air pollution in Delhi has become a matter of public health concern nationally and internationally. Farmers are being blamed by many including the Chief Minister of Delhi for burning stubble and thereby causing atmospheric pollution. 1/4
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Nov 4, 2019
    Replying to @msswaminathan and @mssrf
    I suggest that the Delhi, Haryana and UP govts put up Rice BioParks where farmers can convert stubble into income and employment. We should stop blaming farmers since it will take us nowhere. Instead we should propose methods which are economically & ecologically desirable. 4/4
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Jun 2, 2020
    The #locust menace is causing serious damage to agriculture. Farmers are worried. The best way to control locust invasion is spray neem seed decoction over plants. Neem is a strong repellent & also a fertilizer. I hope our farmers will manage the serious threat to crop security.
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Nov 4, 2019
    Replying to @msswaminathan
    In South India stubble is not burnt as there's economic value as animal feed. For years I pointed out many economic uses of rice straw. We should adopt a do-ecology approach with farmers to convert rice stubble into income rather than making them agents of eco-disaster. 2/4
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Aug 8, 2018
    Replying to @msswaminathan
    Dr #Karunanidhi had great respect for scientists. In 1989, when I approached him seeking land in Taramani, Chennai for establishing a scientific institution, he said it is he who should be inviting me to establish the institution. @mssrf was granted the land where it now stands.
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Aug 8, 2018
    Replying to @msswaminathan
    A great Tamil scholar and an ardent advocate of #science for #SustainableDevelopment , Dr #Karunanidhi stands tall among political leaders who have promoted science for public good.
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Nov 4, 2019
    Replying to @msswaminathan
    Recently @mssrf established a Rice BioPark at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, funded by the Ministry of External Affairs & inaugurated by our Hon President of India. The rice biopark shows how stubble can be utilized to make products including paper, cardboard and animal feed. 3/4
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Aug 8, 2018
    Replying to @msswaminathan
    #Karunanidhi was also keen to see Tamil Nadu progress from food security to nutrition security. Long before India's #foodsecurity Act was introduced, he launched in the 1990s a ‘#Hunger -free area programme’ in order to fulfil the dream of Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar.
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Sep 7, 2017
    Hon'ble Union Minister for Agriculture @RadhamohanBJP & I discussed in detail, strategy for doubling agricultural income by 2022. @AgriGoI
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Sep 7, 2017
    At today's meeting the @AgriGoI Minister Shri @RadhamohanBJP was enthusiastic about our farmers trying their best to maximise income.
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    M S Swaminathan
    @msswaminathan
    Aug 8, 2018
    Replying to @msswaminathan
    The former Chief Minister also married #science with Tamil #literature. At the World Tamil conference in 2010, Dr #Karunanidhi announced the setting up of genetic heritage gardens based on Sangam literature in five zones representing kurinji, mullai, neithal, palai and marutham.