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Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (7 August 1925 – 28 September 2023) was an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, geneticist, administrator and humanitarian. Swaminathan was a global leader of the green revolution.
Sep 28, 2023 · M.S. Swaminathan, the eminent crop geneticist who fused plant breeding science with keen administrative skills to produce bountiful harvests that ended famine and steadily transformed India into...
Jul 3, 2024 · M.S. Swaminathan was an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India’s “Green Revolution,” a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers. Swaminathan, the son of a surgeon, was educated.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 6, 2023 · The agricultural scientist introduced high-yielding wheat and rice varieties that saved millions from famine in the 1960s. He also advocated for a sustainable evergreen revolution and received the first World Food Prize in 1987.
- Gayathri Vaidyanathan
Sep 28, 2023 · MS Swaminathan, the renowned Indian agricultural scientist, passed away on Thursday, marking the end of an era in the Indian agriculture sector. The driving force behind India's Green Revolution breathed his last at the age of 98.
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Sep 28, 2023 · The legendary agricultural scientist Monkomb Sambasivan Swaminathan, 98, passed away on September 28. Called the ‘Father of the Green Revolution’, he played a major role in the set of changes introduced in farming in the 1960s and ‘70s that helped India achieve food security.
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Sep 28, 2023 · NEW DELHI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Indian agricultural scientist Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, who ushered a "Green Revolution" in India nearly six decades ago that helped end famine and...
