Combating hunger and achieving food security /

Swaminathan, M. S.

Combating hunger and achieving food security / M.S. Swaminathan. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015. - xvii, 167 pages : 24cm.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Genesis and Growth of the Yield Revolution in Wheat
2.Our Agricultural Heritage
3.Shaping Our Agricultural Destiny
4.Thrust on Farm Revival
5.Nutri-farm Movement
6.Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture
7.Food Losses and Food Waste
8.Rice in Zero Hunger Challenge
9.Monsoon Management
10.Importance of Ecological Conservation
11.Caring for Ecology and Heritage
12.Conserving Biodiversity
13.Overcoming Hidden Hunger through Aquaculture
14.Biofuels
The Way to Go
15.Food Security
16.Vigilance for Sustainable Food Security
17.Food Security and Social Protection
18.Food Security and its Role
19.Sustaining the Livestock Revolution
20.Challenges in the Year of Science
21.Agriculture and Humanism
22.Fostering the Science of Science Communication
23.Olympic Move for Saving Children
24.Youth: The Agents of Change
25.Role of Women in Agricultural Production
26.Know-how to Do-how
Contents note continued: 27.From Bengal Famine to Right to Food
28.Financial Institutions and Fighting Food Inflation
29.Public Good Research in Agriculture
30.The Future of Indian Agriculture.

"Discusses the major causes of chronic and hidden hunger and emphasizes on the need to redesign farming system to increase food production"--

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Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.
Agriculture--India.
Food supply--India.
Food security--India.
Farm management--India.

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