According to recent reports, nearly 40 million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050. Mumbai and Kolkata will be the worst affected.

I am happy that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has decided to prepare a report on the implementation of the Food Security Act.

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has rightly mentioned that the New IPR Policy will provide stimulus to R&D innovations.

Recent elections in several states have evoked considerable public interest in the election manifestos issued by different parties. Most manifestos are based upon the impact they may have on the voters’ mind.

Mothers’ Day is intended to honour the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

A couple of months ago I had written about the hardship caused to the growers of natural rubber in Kerala as a result of low price.

Marine fish catch is going down in recent years by over 5 percent per year with a steep fall in the production of oil sardines.

The library of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) was today named Prof M S Swaminathan library at a function in Delhi.

MSSRF is set to partner with the University of Tasmania, Australia to develop salt-tolerant rice in a project to be funded by the Australia - India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF).

Access Agriculture - an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages - and MSSRF have signed an MoU to dub Access Agriculture videos into local languages for farmers.

A team of scientists have given the name of MSSRF staff member Mr Salim P. M. to an orchid species newly reported from Southern Western Ghats.

We face three major challenges on the food security front. First, there is extensive poverty induced undernutrition.