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1 online resource (xvii, 167 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Summary |
"Discusses the major causes of chronic and hidden hunger and emphasizes on the need to redesign farming system to increase food production"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167). |
Contents |
Genesis and growth of the yield revolution in wheat -- Our agircultural heritage -- Shaping our agicultural destiny -- Thrust on farm revival -- Nutir-farm movement -- Nutrition-sensitive agriculture -- Food losses and food waste -- Rice in zero hunger challenge -- Monsoon management -- Importance of ecological conservation -- Caring for ecology and heritage -- Conserving biodiversity -- Overcoming hidden hunger through aquaculture -- Biofuels -- the way to go -- Food sescurity -- Vigilance for sustainable food security -- Food securit and social protection -- Food security and its role -- Sustaining the livestock revolution -- Challenges in the year of science -- Agirculture and humanism -- Fostering the science of science communication -- Olympic move for saving children -- Youth: the agents of change -- Role of women in agricultural production -- Know-how to do-how -- From Bengal famine to right to food -- Financial institutions and fighting food inflation -- Public good research in agriculture -- The future of Indian agriculture. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
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India. |
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Agriculture -- India.
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Agriculture. |
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Food supply -- India.
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Food supply. |
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Food security -- India.
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Farm management -- India.
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Food security. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. |
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Farm management. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Swaminathan, M.S. (Monkombu Sambasivan). Combating hunger and achieving food security 9781107123113 (DLC) 2015011472 (OCoLC)906447602 |
ISBN |
9781316389485 (electronic book) |
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1316389480 (electronic book) |
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9781316675267 (electronic book) |
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1316675262 (electronic book) |
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9781316674901 (electronic book) |
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1316674908 (electronic book) |
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9781107123113 (hardback) |
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1107123119 (hardback) |
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