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Swaminathan nominated to Rajya Sabha

He has set up the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai with focus on strengthening information communication system in villages.

NREGA holds trigger for next green revolution

"It may be a wild thought now. But the first Green Revolution came about as a result of very high water guzzling cropping systems from the irrigated regions of the country. But the NREGA holds the trigger for a second Green Revolution from the rain-fed areas, but using water conserving technologies and working with the smaller and poorer farmers while the first revolution came from the big farmers," Dr. Sharma said.

The 'father' who fed a billion passes away

Nobel Peace Prize winner US scientist and one of the main architects of India's first green revolution Norman Borlaug died in Texas on Saturday. He was 95.

'Don't be afraid of new technology'

The PM's seven steps to a Green Revolution

'Technology, infra key to second green revolution'

Green revolution and technology use should not be region-specific.