(Below is an interview Civil Society did with Dr MS Swaminathan in its July 2010 issue. The food security bill was in the works then.)
He is best known as the Father of India’s Green Revolution, but Dr MS Swaminathan has travelled a long way since then. He has worked devotedly on agriculture down the years. As a result, he has seen the rise and fall of Indian farming in all its aspects.
Twenty years ago Dr Swaminathan started an NGO, the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai. It promotes sustainable. . .