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Study shows impact of climate hazards on women, children

Children exposed to climate hazards are more likely to be stunted, underweight, and more vulnerable to early pregnancies, it further says.

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M.S. Swaminathan: A global citizen with roots in Kuttanad who worked for a hunger-free world and India

M.S. Swaminathan's initiatives in Kuttanad, including the Kuttanad Package, aimed to protect the wetland ecosystem and paddy cultivation.

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‘Professor wanted women, farmers to benefit from his research, initiatives’

M.S. Swaminathan: Put people first, empower women, pass on scientific know-how, promote sustainable agriculture, ensure economic & psychological rehabilitation. Result: Improved lives of 6 lakh families in 4,000 villages.

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Swaminathan’s contributions to farming community lauded

M.S. Swaminathan's contributions to farming, esp. in Wayanad, are remarkable. He set up CAbC to conserve vanishing plant species & propel agri revolution. Now a 46-acre campus, it has state-of-the-art facilities & a team of 48 people to conserve biodiversity & promote sustainable dev. of farming community.

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The architect of Kuttanad Package tried his best to conserve Kerala’s biodiversity too

His soft spot for the ‘rice bowl’ prompted M.S. Swaminathan, a Mankombu native, to take up extensive research in the region and come up ₹1,840-cr. package.

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T.N. CM Stalin announces police honours for M.S. Swaminathan’s funeral

Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin announces funeral of M.S. Swaminathan with police honours to recognise his immense contributions to India's food security. Funeral to take place on September 30; public can pay respects at MSSRF campus in Taramani on September 29.

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Row over GI tag for Kala Jeera rice in Odisha’s Koraput district

MSSRF raises an objection to GI tag for Koraput's Kala Jeera Rice, claiming it could exclude local farmers from benefits; JSFPC counters, saying it is an organisation of farmers and granting of GI tag will benefit the entire community.

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MSSRF’s research centre wins Women Connect Challenge award of Reliance Foundation and USAID

Five fisherwomen from Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Cuddalore and Ramanathapuram districts and Puducherry’s Karaikal received tabs from Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), during the launch of the Women Connect Challenge programme

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Health is an individual right and responsibility, say experts

A person must take responsibility for their health say experts at a public forum organised by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

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‘Government should provide millets in PDS and create facilities for people to exercise’

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Taking healthcare to the people | The complete Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam experience in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu's Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM) is a path-breaking project providing surveillance and intervention for health needs of its people. It has improved accessibility, early detection of diabetes/hypertension, and reduced out-of-pocket expenditure. Challenges remain, such as human resources, data accuracy, drug delivery, and evaluating outcomes. WHVs, VHNs, and digital tools…

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This sacred grove at Manikavu is a verdant sanctuary in Wayanad

The sacred grove of the Manikavu Sree Mahadeva temple in Wayanad under the Malabar Devaswom Board has set a model in transforming barren land into a ‘forest’ with the addition of rare endemic and threatened (RET) plant species of the Western Ghats

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‘Thejus’ empowering Paniya tribal women through social entrepreneurship

While Sumithra was staring at a bleak future, the State Bank of India Youth for India (YFI) fellowship project in association with the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) launched Thejus, a garment making unit for tribal women in the hamlet in 2019, said Gayathri Kalathil, development coordinator, MSSRF.

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Sensitisation programme to mark International Biodiversity Day

The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) is organising the programme with the support of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment to mark International Biodiversity Day

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We are not out of COVID-19: Soumya Swaminathan

Here, Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist, WHO and current chairperson, MSSRF, weighs in with her expertise, explaining the issue.

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Stress laid on use of technology for development of tribal communities

A workshop organised by the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) in association with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) here on Friday stressed the need for launching science and technology tools for tribal development.

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Event showcasing crop diversity of Western Ghats

22 traditional rice varieties of Wayanad are being exhibited

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Tamil Nadu to get 10,000 mini-forests, says Minister

‘Industries and even quarries will be roped in to plant these forests’

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Madras University to offer online certificate courses

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International consultation on biodiversity concludes in Wayanad

Programme organised by Community Agrobiodiversity Centre of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in connection with silver jubilee celebrations

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Agrobiodiversity centre to celebrate silver jubilee

Institution has documented as many as 2,032 species of flowering plants in Wayanad

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MSSRF’s Wayanad Centre to host two-day conference on biodiversity, climate change and adaptation

It is to mark the silver jubilee of the Community Agrobiodiversity Centre (CAbC)

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MSSRF project to enhance coconut farmers’ income in Kuttanad

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Climate change necessitates in-situ seed conservation: scientist

With climate change posing a serious challenge to biodiversity, all living organisms need either adaptation or annihilation, V. Shakeela, Director, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), has said.

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