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Prof Rattan Lal, Prof Bruce Alberts, Dr David Nabarro, Dr K Vijayaraghavan, Dr Soumya Swaminathan among key speakers at virtual consultation Chennai, August 7, 2020: Women need to have equal legal rights related to land and property, said the Vice … Continued

A team of researchers have reported the discovery of two new plant species belonging to the Asclepiadaceae or milkweed family from the shola forests of the Western Ghats, highlighting its rich biodiversity and the need for a conservation strategy for … Continued

A Fruitful Effort of MSSRF to Reduce Child Malnutrition M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in collaboration with the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has established 50 Anganwadi Nutrition Gardens in Kalpetta Block Panchayath. The collaboration of ICDS and MSSRF for … Continued

MSSRF organized the international day for biological diversity through enriching the taste buds with plant biodiversity around us. The programme conducted on ‘Annam Oushadham ‘ with Dr Sajeev Kumar, collected the plants from our surrounding and prepared a feast along … Continued

Exhibition on Diversity of Mango M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and Wynad Agri Marketing Producer Company limited (Wampco) jointly organized two-day fest – Mampazha Peruma with a theme to showcase the diversity of the native mango varieties of Wayanad on … Continued

Empowerment of women for seed and food security A special session has been organised on ‘Seed Fest 2019’ at MSSRF on international women’s day. The seminar session was inaugurated by K.V. Sreeja, Seed Savor, Agricultural and Cultural Women Activist. Srimati. … Continued

The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has won the social development award – 2017 instituted by the Department of Biotechnology under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology. Union Minister for Science, Technology, and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan presented the … Continued