Question

2.Write information about famous scientist and father of Green revolution.

Answer 1

M. S. Swaminathan. ... Swaminathan is known as the "Father of Indian Green Revolution" for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. He is the founder and chairman of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.

Answer 2

M.S. Swaminathan

Birth:

MS Swaminathan was born on August 7, 1925.

Designation:

MS Swaminathan  is renowned as the "Father of the Green Revolution."

Contributions:

• M.S. Swaminathan, a plant geneticist, helped design and lead the Green Revolution in the late 1960s, a massive development endeavor that gave India food self-sufficiency in just a few years after decades of devastating famines.
• Grain production soared as a result of the expansion of high-yielding cereal varieties and increasing use of irrigation, fertilizers, and pesticides, sparing millions from starvation.
• Swaminathan's concept nearly overnight changed India from a "begging bowl" to a "breadbasket." In four crop seasons, India reduced its dependency on grain imports by increasing overall wheat crop yield from 12 million tonnes to 23 million tonnes.
• Swaminathan later collaborated with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to develop agricultural policies and programmes that would ensure the country's long-term self-sufficiency.
• Swaminathan received over 50 honorary doctorate degrees from universities around the world and was a member of over 30 academies worldwide, including the Indian National Academy of Science and the Royal Society of London, for his scientific brilliance, his life's mission of bringing improved technology to citizens at all levels of society, his pioneering advocacy and humanitarianism, and his inspiration to thousands.

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