<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Renowned Agriculture Scientist Dr M S Swaminathanhas said, establishing bio-parks would be one of the excellent ways of tacklingthe problem of stubble-burning to contain air pollution in several regions inthe country including in Delhi. On the sidelines of a programme at the M SSwaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai today, he told reporters, blamingfarmers for stubble burning would not offer any solution as the nation needsfood grains. He, however, said converting the stubble into a farm input usingthe bio-park model would be of significant help.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in"><br />''In the event, Dr Swaminathan unveiled a mobile App called Pannai. It givesadvanced information about the weather and prevalence of insect or pest-attacksalong with the remedies in a select group of villages adopted by the Foundationin Nagappattinam district in Tamil Nadu. The App has been developed with theassistance of the Oracle Foundation and the Tamil Nadu AgricultureUniversity.&nbsp;<o:p /></span></p><br />
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Establishing bio-parks can tackle problem of stubble-burning to curb air pollution: M S Swaminathan