This newsletter about the Climate Action Equity at CoP26
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Every year, September 29 is celebrated as International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Food Waste.Our founder, Prof. M S Swaminathan, always concerned about food loss and waste issues amid many people face hunger-like situations. Their
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This fortnight e-synergy has some of the eminent participants’ videos who speak on various issues related to food and agriculture.
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This fortnight e-synergy has some of the eminent participants’ videos who speak on various issues related to food and agriculture.
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Technology can not only help business, but also help people be healthier and more productive. A small technological intervention in one of the most-poorest districts of country, Koraput, is going to end age old drudgery. At the same time, it increased consumption of nutritious millets in the region.
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In this fortnight, we inform you about releasing a new version of Fisher Friend Mobile Application with the help of Qualcomm, how demand-based agriculture extension service is getting popular in Odisha and Assam, and Farmers being trained to diagnose the health of their crops and use of suitable pesticides and insecticides. Another important project on Bioirrigation started in collaboration with the Swiss National Science Foundation and Department of Biotechnology of Government of India. The Foundation also started a programme ‘Every Child A Scientist’ to develop scientific temper among school children.
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In his New Year message, Prof M S Swaminathan, Founder MSSRF said "I hope this year will bring more ecological security and human wellbeing. We need to demonstrate the advantage of cooperative work as has been done in the control of the COVID-19" - a message to guide our actions through 2021.
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Our research for development is rooted in the field. In this e-synergy, we focus on work in three of our major centres in Odisha, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. From encouraging access and use of technology for development, to biodiversity conservation and enhancing livelihoods - the stories in this newsletter focus on various facets of how our science connects with the field.
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Pro-poor, pro-nature, pro-women, that's the core approach of our work. This e-synergy includes recent work touching each of these components. Our research on eco-friendly technology for farming practices, taking science to benefit small and marginal farmers and a special outreach towards women farmers, are featured.
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A cyclone recently crossed the southern coast of India. People heaved a sigh since it caused minimum damage. However, more low pressure systems are evolving, reminding us to stay prepared. This e-synergy, focuses on participatory and anticipatory research that serves to protect lives and livelihoods of vulnerable coastal farming and fishing communities at times like these. These are also times when government machinery, community groups, development organizations and institutions like ours come together to strengthen resources.
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Working with public librarians so they can be community innovators and change makers - that's what one of our initiatives has been doing since 2015. In this special e-newsletter, we are pleased to share updates about the International Network of Emerging Library Innovators (INELI). Based on our principle of 'Reaching the Unreached' , this project has created a pool of community trailblazers across India and south Asia, with leadership abilities, innovation, skill, and knowledge.
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Our World Food Day special e-newsletter comes on the 75th anniversary of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations; Also last week, the United Nations World Food Programme was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity. The emphasis on building a food-secure world has intensified, especially in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As Prof M S Swaminathan notes in his World Food Day 2020 message, "There is no time to relax. We should do everything possible to ensure sustainable food security."
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M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) established in 1988 is a not-for-profit trust. MSSRF was envisioned and founded by Professor M S Swaminathan, agriculture scientist with proceeds from the First World Food Prize that he received in 1987.
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