Professor Swaminathan received the very first World Food Prize in 1987 “for spearheading the introduction of high-yielding wheat and rice varieties to India’s farmers,” one of scores of awards recognizing his achievements. Swaminathan was also acclaimed by TIME magazine as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th century. He continues to be an inspiration to millions of people and organizations worldwide concerned with sustainable food security, livelihoods, health and biodiversity.
Biohappiness, he says, emerges from the sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity.
He will be expanding on these ideas to an invited audience at the book launch, which will take place at Bioversity’s headquarters in Maccarese at 10.00 am on 25 May 2011
