Dr MS Swaminathan was instrumental in developing high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice, which significantly increased food grain production across India during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Palakurichi in Tamil Nadu and Palanpur in Uttar Pradesh are two villages that have been visited and studied by scholars multiple times across decades. Here is what the studies observed, and the insights they revealed.