Doctors seek ban on lime in plastic sachets
Doctors and NGOs urge the Centre and the State to ban lime or chuna in plastic sachets used in betel chewing and also acids used as cleaning agents in home. CHENNAI:Doctors and NGOs urge the Centre
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
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City to host Indian Youth Science Congress
It will be held at SRM University in Kattankulathur, with delegates from all over the country participating Express News Service THE Indian Youth Science Congress is all set to begin here on June 26. The three-day Congress is aimed at providing a platform for students and young teachers between the age of 18 and 35 to present papers on their work.
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Bioenergy and poverty in Kenya: attitudes, actors and activities
This report presents the findings of socio-economic baseline surveys carried out by the Eastern Africa office of Practical Action Consulting in Kenya between March and December 2008.
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Guidelines issued for preparing people's biodiversity register
Chennai: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has issued guidelines for preparing people's biodiversity register and identifying and declaring biodiversity heritage sites, said its chairman P.L. Gautam on Thursday.
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Mysore's CFTRI in initiative to reduce chronic hunger in parts of Orissa
The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) here, in association with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai, and other organisations, have launched an initiative to end chronic hunger in the Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput (KBK) regions of Orissa by 2015.
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Swaminathan training for SSC students
Nellore, March 10: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, will be conducting a Vocation Training programme for students of Class X between May 3 and 29, 2010. Students will be exposed to a variety of topics in the broad area of biotechnology and biodiversity conservation during the four weeks programme which is a residential workshop.
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Post Bt brinjal, GM crops on trial; scientists say will clear the test
While the moratorium on Bt brinjal has dealt a blow to the scientific community, there are several genetically modifided crops being developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, trials for which are on across the country. Interestingly, as they work on these GM crops, scientists bear it in mind that apart from the taste, the vegetables should also look acceptable.
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Agriculturists herald new farming system based on fertilizer trees
CHENNAI: Top scientists from international agricultural institutes are heralding a new system of farming based on using fertilizer trees to increase crop yield. The new system, which was inspired by small time farmers in Africa who grew the Acacia, could provide a solution to dwindling paddy production in India and will help mitigate climate change, they say.
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Farmers too can have a say in climate change
Public forum at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation Interaction: M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman of MSSRF, with Angela Cropper, deputy director, U.N. Environment Programme at a public forum on
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Public forum on climate change
A public forum on
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Dialing up knowledgeand harvests
From paved roads that carry crops to market to modern grain silos that reduce postharvest losses, infrastructure is critical to achieving food security. But nothing is currently having a more profound effect on farmers in the developing world than telecommunications networks.