The researchers must not be always experimental but should be empirical to rectify defects of farm problems and to increase the income lever of farmers, Dr K Alagusundaram, Deputy Director of General (Agricultural Engineering), ICAR, said, while speaking at a one day workshop of All India Coordinated Research Project on Farm Implements and Machinery.
Stating that there was the need for a consortium mode of research instead of piece meal research, he underlined the need for reaching the unreached to reduce the gulf in the technological gap.
The proliferation of ICAR system would invite more scientists for other spectra of specialisation, he said.
About 100 scientists participated in the workshop.
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