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Give Padma awards to farmers: Swaminathan

Posted On Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 01:02:41 AM



Bhubaneswar: A few days after the Padma awards were announced, renowned agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, on Saturday, rued the absence of farmers in the list. He said cricketers, dancers and film actors are certainly important but "let us remember farmers are equally important too."Speaking during a programme "Effective Community Management ofBio-diversity in an Era of Climate Change" in Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Swaminathan said Padma awards, if given to farmers, would certainly enthuse the farming community which constitutes more than 70 percent of India'a population.





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