Dr. V K Jayaraghavendra Rao is the Principal Scientist ICAR-IIHR(Indian Institute of Horticultural Research) in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Dr. V K Jayaraghavendra Rao says income of farmers and productivity often cannot be related. With 330 million tones of horticultural production and 300+ million tones of agricultural production, farmers fail to get a fair price and the income is abysmally low. During this meeting, Dr. V K Jayaraghavendra Rao proposes to addresses this issue.