Proud of my grand daughter Shreya Adav and I wish her a productive and fulfilling career protecting our marine environment

From #landless daily-wage earners to #farmers - villagers of Thenpathi in #Mayiladuthurai District, #TamilNadu reap the benefits of #collective #farming‼️ 📋 Read #MSSRF_StoriesOfChange👍 🔗bit.ly/3Wezxzh M.K.Stalin MRK.Panneerselvam Mayiladuthurai District Collector Soumya Swaminathan G N Hariharan

MS Swaminathan's #WordsOfWisdom Listen to M S Swaminathan reflect on challenges + opportunities for minor #millets in #India ▶️bit.ly/3ID9xdg "It is the #synergy between #technology & #public #policy that make #progress possible." #MSSRF_IYM2023 #IYM2023 International Year Of Millets 2023

Let's #Return2Millets not only because they are #TraditionalFoods & the #TasteOfIndia, but because #millets are vital for #DietDiversity & #Health #MSSRF's #Ragimalt #MilletRecipe provides #Nutrition values for #BetterHealth #MSSRF_IYM2023 International Year Of Millets 2023 Ministry of Health Dr Mansukh Mandaviya

A possibly “extinct tree” Cynometra beddomei rescued by MSSRF is now in full bloom @MSSBG, thanks to Tata Trusts for the support to MSSRF 80 RET species recovery project that launched to mark the 80th birth year M S Swaminathan gbif.org/tools/zoom/sim…

.M S Swaminathan #WordsOfWisdom #Millets are good for #ClimateResilience as they have high efficiency in absorbing & utilising #CO2 This #IYM2023, we pledge to #StandByMillets! #MSSRF_IYM2023 International Year Of Millets 2023 MoEF&CC Agriculture INDIA Department of Agricultural Research and Education MyGovIndia Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana DINESH N Indian Council of Agricultural Research. G20 South Africa

New #discovery ! Delighted to share that Jose Matthew #UniversityofKerala & Salim Pichan CAbC-MSSRF have discovered a new #holoparasitic #plantspecies from Southern #WesternGhats Christisonia flavirubens MSSRF Please give a read at the link below 🔗 bit.ly/3CHRyyv

New #discovery ! A #holoparasitic #plantspecies from Southern #WesternGhats Christisonia flavirubens MSSRF

Historically, #women play a crucial role in on-farm #production + #processing millets. To revive #Millets, #MSSRF facilitated #development progs to ease women’s work burden Read our paper here bit.ly/3GDA6fE #MSSRF_IYM2023 #Farm2Fork #MilletRevolution #IYM2023 International Year Of Millets 2023

#Return2Millets this #IYM2023‼️ #Millets have rich #dietary #fibre, effective in controlling #diabetes, & packed with a variety of #nutrients #MSSRF_IYM2023 encourages #TraditionalFoods with #MilletRecipes for #BetterHealth International Year Of Millets 2023 Ministry of Health Ministry of Food Processing Industries FSSAI Narendra Singh Tomar

Biodiversity Bingo!!! A #nature scavenging hunt was conducted as part of the #BiodiversityShortCourse CAbC-MSSRF KSCSTE Participants explored the campus in the search of the amazing #diversity that surrounds us 🍃

Food insecurity confronts the entire population of Afghanistan today, alongside an unusually severe winter, but the situation of women headed households is even worse HLPE-FSN Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development MSSRF Development UEA 🌍 Bhavani Shankar Bhavani

Pulses for the health of #community & planet🌏 🫘 Nutritional powerhouse #Fe #K #folate #lowglycemicindex #highfibre #nocholesterol 🫘 Gluten free 🫘 Improve #soil health 🫘 #Climateresilient 🫘 Low water & #carbonfootprint #LovePulses #WorldPulsesDay #FoodSecurity #ZeroHunger

1/2 Glimpses from the visit of Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation and Former DG, ICMR to CSIR-NIIST CSIR, India N Kalaiselvi MSSRF Soumya Swaminathan

GFAR's #CollectiveAction on #ForgottenFoods is unlocking the potential of underutilized crops & farming systems to transform food systems & achieve SDGs. Smallholder farmers are at the heart of this initiative, & the upcoming #PartnersMeeting will drive progress forward. Join us!

.R.SAKKARAPANI Hon'ble Minister for Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection & Price Control, Govt of TamilNadu, visit the Kolli Hills #millet farmers' stall at the LiFE event inauguration MSSRF along with Soumya Swaminathan & National Biodiversity Authority delegates CMOTamilNadu International Year Of Millets 2023

Ms Poomani, a woman #millet farmer from Kolli Hills, #TamilNadu, talked about challenges of growing millets, labour-intensive processes & marketing difficulties. She is now a member of a Farmer Producer Organisation #FPO, & is able to mill millet grains + sell for a better price

On May 11, Professor T. Jayaraman, Senior Fellow, MSSRF, will deliver the FAS online public lecture, "Climate Change and Agriculture in India: Making Sense of the Debates." Register to participate! forms.gle/vZGjhbVksSy2zr…

The 'Global Manifesto for #ForgottenFoods' expected to pave way for radical shift towards sustainability in agri. Thank you M S Swaminathan for highlighting the need to support farmer-led processes of innovation to eradicate poverty/fight hunger! buff.ly/41dBldL MSSRF