斯瓦米纳坦

　　 Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan是一位印度遗传学家和管理者，他在印度绿色革命中的作用而闻名，绿色革命是一个种植小麦和水稻高产品种的计划。斯瓦米纳坦被称为“印度绿色革命之父”，因为他在引进和进一步开发高产品种方面发挥了重要作用。获奖：世界粮食奖、英迪拉·甘地奖、阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦世界科学奖。

斯瓦米纳坦(M. S. Swaminathan)名言

When in 1963 we started large-scale research and testing with semi-dwarf varieties of wheat obtained from Mexico through Norman Borlaug, the new plant types attracted media attention immediately.

1963年，我们开始对通过Norman Borlaug从墨西哥获得的半矮小麦品种进行大规模研究和测试时，新的植物类型立即引起了媒体的关注.

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There is talk about the need for a second Green Revolution. However, such a revolution is nowhere in sight.

有人在谈论第二次绿色革命的必要性. 但是，这种革命是遥遥无期的.

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The National Policy for Farmers calls for a paradigm shift from measuring agricultural progress merely in terms of growth rates, to measuring it in terms of the growth in the real income of farm families.

《国家农民政策》要求模式从仅根据增长率衡量农业进步，转变为根据农场家庭实际收入的增长来衡量.

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Farmers in rain-fed, dry areas such as Vidarbha and parts of Andhra Pradesh may own several hectares of land but their farm produce depends on the vagaries of the monsoon.

雨养，干旱地区（如维达尔巴（Vidarbha）和安得拉邦（Andhra Pradesh）的部分地区）的农民可能拥有数公顷的土地，但是他们的农产品取决于季风的变化.

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Most pesticides lose their efficacy after a few years, because of pest resistance to pesticides. This is why companies go on changing the varieties.

由于对农药的害虫抵抗力，多数农药在几年后丧失了功效. 这就是公司继续改变品种的原因.

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There are two major challenges before Indian agriculture today: ecological and economical. The conservation of our basic agricultural assets such as land, water, and biodiversity is a major challenge. How to make agriculture sustainable is the challenge.

今天，印度农业面临两大挑战：生态挑战和经济挑战. 保护我们的基本农业资产（例如土地，水和生物多样性）是一项重大挑战. 如何使农业可持续发展是挑战.

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Agriculture can trigger job-led economic growth, provided it becomes intellectually satisfying and economically rewarding.

农业可以触发以工作为导向的经济增长，只要它在智力上令人满意并在经济上有所回报.

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See, technology can advance yield and productivity, but only public policy can advance the income of farmers. There has to be a synergy between technology and public policy.

可以看到，技术可以提高产量和生产力，但是只有公共政策才能提高农民的收入. 技术与公共政策之间必须有协同作用.