India International Center and Gene Campaign are jointly organizing a program called  The Road to India’s Food Security under the rubric  Civilizations Survive on Agriculture. This will consist of a series of events at the India International Center, Delhi, highlighting what India needs to do to achieve Food and Livelihood Security.

It will also showcase various efforts being made in this direction. The program series will consist of one event every month.  The first in the Food Security series was a lecture by eminent agriculturist and Rajya Sabha MP, Dr MS Swaminathan. Dr Swaminathan spoke  on Shining India- Suffering India: Disparity in India’s Growth, demonstrating the neglect of rural India and its impacts on food availability. He also outlined the possible pathways to improve agriculture productivity in order to bridge the gap between the two Indias.