Future belongs to nations with grain & not guns: Swaminathan

Noted agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan today said existence of widespread under-nutrition in India despite substantial progress in farm production remains an enigma for him.
The Indian enigma is the existence of widespread under-nutrition in spite of substantial progress in agriculture production.
Agricultural has made great strides in India but chronic under-nutrition still persists, he bemoaned.
Swaminathan, known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India," was addressing the 28th convocation ceremony of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth here in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
The problem of hunger goes far beyond the lack of sufficient quantities of food. Chronic hunger is also caused by protein and calorie under-nutrition and sometimes by human diseases that disable the body's capacity to absorb micronutrients it receives, he said.

The noted scientist said the future belongs to nations who have ample foodgrain and not those who have guns.
Swaminathan said the Indian agriculture has assumed a legal responsibility after the National Food Security Act came into force last year.
The Act commits the Government to provide access to food to a vast majority of our population, he said.