Agricultural biodiversity plays a central role in household food security and income generation, and thus in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 of halving the proportion of hungry and extremely poor people by 2015. However, its wider use to address nutritional deficiencies and other as...
Bala Ravi, S.
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Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.
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Swaminathan, M.S.
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Frison, Emile A.
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[Hunger and poverty: the role of biodiversity: Report of an International Consultation on the Role of Biodiversity in Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of Freedom from Hunger and Poverty, Chennai, India, April 18-19, 2005]
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Hunger and poverty: the role of biodiversity: Report of an International Consultation on the Role of Biodiversity in Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of Freedom from Hunger and Poverty, Chennai, India, April 18-19, 2005
Article "Genetic Engineering and Food Security: Ecological and Livelihood Issues" from "Agricultural biotechnology and the poor : proceedings of an international conference, Washington, D.C., 21-22 October 1999".
Swaminathan, M.S.
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[Agricultural biotechnology and the poor : proceedings of an international conference, Washington, D.C., 21-22 October 1999. Genetic engineering and food security: ecological and livelihood issues.]
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Agricultural biotechnology and the poor : proceedings of an international conference, Washington, D.C., 21-22 October 1999. Genetic engineering and food security: ecological and livelihood issues.
Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi
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Swaminathan, M.S.
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[ILRI and livestock research in Asia—Synergy between technology and public policy is key]
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ILRI and livestock research in Asia—Synergy between technology and public policy is key
A summary report of the major conclusions of the third meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee held in Rolle, Switzerland in February 1996, prepared by Chairman M. S. Swaminathan and distributed in advance of MTM96. The record also contains the full report of the third meeting. Is...
CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee
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Swaminathan, M.S.
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[Report of the Third Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee]
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Report of the Third Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee
TAC Vice Chair M. S. Swaminathan on the need for intensive basic research aimed at improving and raising the yield ceilings of grain legumes (pulses). Conclusion: an intensive, interdisciplinary international research effort on raising yield ceilings is potentially the single most significant inr...
Report of the meeting of the Intellectual Property Rights Panel held in September 1994, chaired by M.S. Swaminathan.. The report discusses the history of CGIAR engagement with IPR issues. It analyses CGIAR policy on patent issues, plant variety protection, in situ and ex situ conservation, and th...
CGIAR Intellectual Property Rights Panel
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Swaminathan, M.S.
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[Report of the Intellectual Property Rights Panel]
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Report of the Intellectual Property Rights Panel
M. S. Swaminathan paper on three areas of plant nutrition research considered for possible CGIAR funding: the development of integrated nutrient supply systems; quick yielding fuel trees; and materials that facilitate biological nitrogen fixation. Agenda document presented at TAC Eighth Meeting, ...
Paper by M. S. Swaminathan stimulated by the rising cost and feared scarcity of chemical fertilizers caused by the energy crisis, and the possible effect of these developments on the productivity of small farmers in developing countries. Swaminathan proposes that TAC investigate various methods o...
Brief report of a panel of CGIAR stakeholders that met in Washington in September 1994, under the chairmanship of M.S. Swaminathan.. The report responds to various other documents, including the draft CGIAR vision statement, the proposed long term research agenda, and the suggestions of the Study...
CGIAR Stakeholder Panel
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Swaminathan, M.S.
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[Report of the CGIAR Stakeholder Panel, September 1994]
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Report of the CGIAR Stakeholder Panel, September 1994