Some years ago in a remote village in Koraput district in Odisha, a group of women gathered to pray in front of something that was going to make a big difference to their lives.

For the small group of media professionals, an early morning walk in a 10 ha Botanical Garden, listening to sounds of birds was just one of the activities at the three-day media workshop on “Bringing Biodiversity into the Media Space”.

A strategy is needed to conserve biodiversity in Wayanad and to make it a model conservation district said Prof M S Swaminathan, Founder MSSRF at a media workshop on biodiversity here.

Tata National Virtual Academy recognizes change agents as ‘Fellows’

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and global water technology company VA Tech WABAG Ltd, Chennai.

MSSRF held a condolence meeting for eminent scientist and 1998 World Food laureate Dr Badrinarayan Ramulal Barwale, who passed away on July 24, 2017. He was one of the earliest well wishers of MSSRF in its development activities.

Our Prime Minister’s visit to Israel is a historic one since this is the first time that a Prime Minister of India is visiting this remarkable country.

Indian agriculture is seeing record crop production on one hand but increased farmers protests. In several states, farmers fear that a bumper crop combined with erratic monsoon will bring down prices and affect livelihood. Pricing and Policy are central to these protests.

Damage by birds and animals to agriculture can be as much as 100% making the balance of conservation and livelihood a ‘monumental challenge’.

Dr Madhura Swaminathan, Chairperson, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation has been selected to serve as an expert on the group writing a report on ‘Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda’.

MSSRF and the Indian Public Library Movement (IPLM) in association with NASSCOM Foundation, signed an MoU today. This partnership aims to strengthen public libraries across India as knowledge and learning centres.