DMPQ- Highlight the recommendations of Swwaminathan Commission mentioning bioresources for their nutrition and livelihood security of Rural India.

Rural people in India depend on a wide range of bioresources for their nutrition and livelihood security. The report recommends:

Preserving traditional rights of access to biodiversity, which include access to non-timber forest products including medicinal plants, gums and resins, oil yielding plants and beneficial micro-organisms;

Conserving, enhancing and improving crops and farm animals as well as fish stocks through breeding;

Encouraging community-based breed conservation (i.e. conservation through use);

Allowing export of indigenous breeds and import of suitable breeds to increase productivity of nondescript animals.

OPSC Notes brings Prelims and Mains programs for OPSC Prelims and OPSC Mains Exam preparation. Various Programs initiated by OPSC Notes are as follows:-