Nutrition and food security in India




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Summary: Professor Swaminathan shares his thoughts on the role of agricultural innovation in tackling undernutrition in India. Professor Swaminathan played a hugely significant role in India’s Green Revolution in the 1970s that led to enormous increases in crop production in the South Asian region. He currently chairs the Committee on Food Security’s High Level Panel of Experts. Professor Swaminathan was interviewed ahead of this week's Global Hunger Event by DFID's Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Tim Wheeler. http://www.dfid.gov.uk/globalhunger