If there is one issue that is gripping the country, it is the farmers and their problems. If there is one expert in Mysuru, who is an authority on farmers’ problems, it is Dr. Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura, who is an internationally-recognised agriculture scientist and social entrepreneur who runs Green Life Science Technologies. Star of Mysore Features Editor N. Niranjan Nikam caught up with this Agripreneur and discussed at length about the ills plaguing the farmers, why is he a votary of GM crops, the uses and misuses of chemical fertilisers and the way forward for farmers. Excerpts...
By N. Niranjan Nikam
