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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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Give an important contributions of Dr. M. S. Swaminathan.

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Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is called the Father of Green Revolution in India. He is renowned for his pioneering role in India's Green Revolution program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers. He played an important role in introducing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India.

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