Mysore/Mysuru: Stressing on the need for encouraging small farmers to take up smart farming, Padma Shri awardee Scientist Prof. S. Ayyappan (Subbanna Ayyappan), who is also the Chairman of Gurugram based National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), said that development of farmers who provide us food, should be the first priority.
He was delivering the valedictory address of the 4-day 9th International Food Convention ‘IFCoN 2023,’ organised by the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), at CSIR-CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute) campus here yesterday.
