National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Activities during 1991-2000

1991

  • Symposium on Population, Natural Resources and Food Security

1992

  • I Agricultural Science Congress on (i) Global Climate and Agriculture, (ii) Rio Agenda 21 – Priorities for Agricultural Research, and (iii) Capital Requirements for Modernisation of Agriculture

1994

  • Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology

1995

  • Symposium on National Water Policy - Agricultural Scientists’ Perceptions
  • II Agricultural Science Congress on (i) National Water Policy, (ii) Vector Biology, and (iii) Integrated On-farm and Off-farm Employment
  • National Workshop on Animal Research and Development
  • Felicitation to Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, President of the Academy, on his 70th Birthday
  • Workshop on Planning Education for Agriculture beyond 2000

1996

  • Release of Common Agenda for Sustainable National Food Security for inclusion in the Manifesto of Political Parties
  • Symposium on Biochemical Basis of Host-Plant Resistance to Insects
  • National Symposium on Plant Nutrient Needs, Supply, Efficiency and Policy Issues: 2000-2025
  • First Foundation Day Lecture by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, on Indian Science and Technology in Post Liberalization Era: The Emerging Challenges and Opportunities.
  • Science Academies’ Summit on Uncommon Opportunities for Achieving Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
  • Second International Crop Science Congresson Crop Productivity and Sustainability – Shaping the Future

1997

  • National Seminar on Harnessing and Management of Water Resources for Enhancing Agricultural Production in Eastern Region on (i) Sustainable Management of Intensive Agriculture, (ii) Implications of Biotechnology Use in Agriculture, and (iii) Indian Agriculture in next 50 years – Role of Science and Technology
  • III Agricultural Science Congress on (i) Sustainable Management of Intensive Agriculture, (ii) Implications of Biotechnology Use in Agriculture, and (iii) Indian Agriculture in the Next 50 years zz Second Foundation Day Lecture by Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, UNESCO Professor in Ecotechnology, on State of Sustainable Agriculture: Five Years after Rio
  • Workshop on National Concern for Management, Conservation and Use of Agrobiodiversity
  • National Workshop on New Economic Policy, Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Development of Fisheries and Conservation of Aquatic Resources
  • National Consultation for Sanitation and Phytosanitation Related Issues

1998

  • Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Malthus and Mendel: Population, Science and Sustainable Food Security
  • Brainstorming session on Scientists’ Perception for Agriculture 2020
  • Third Foundation Day Lecture by Dr. V. Kurien, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board, on The Competitive Challenge Facing India’s Agriculture: The Role of Research
  • Workshop on Climate Change and Perspective for Agriculture

1999

  • IV Agricultural Science Congress on Sustainable Agricultural Export
  • Fourth Foundation Day Lecture by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Chairman, CGIAR and Vice-President, World Bank on The New Biological Century – Promises and Perils
  • Scientific Presentations of Academy’s Young Scientists’ Awards for the biennium 1997-1998
  • National Seminar on Strategies for Agricultural Research in the North-East
  • Symposium on Diversification of Agriculture for Human Nutrition

2000

  • National Workshop on Conservation and Management of Livestock Genetic Resources
  • Workshop on Priority Setting in Agricultural Research
  • Fifth Foundation Day Lecture by Shri K. C. Pant,Vice-Chairman, Planning Commission, on Planning for Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century.
  • Invited Lecture on Helping Cereals to Get More Nitrogen from the Air by Professor E. C. Cocking, a Foreign Fellow of the Academy and Director, Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation, University of Nottingham
  • National Seminar on Hi-tech Horticulture.
  • National Seminar on Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for Nutritional Security

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