Drought-proofing crops in Australia and India

Australia and India are working together to help improve food security by drought proofing crops.

Dr Gupta Vadakattu is a Senior Research Scientist at @CSIRO Food and Agriculture who is looking into ways to improve crop health, and ultimately increase crop yield.

Dr Vadakattu is also collaborating with Indian scientists on projects to drought-proof crops.

He says Australia and India each possess unique strengths to work together in this field.

“It’s a combination of…[India’s] capacity, their ability to do many trials in the field, and our ability to do in-depth science in the lab, “ Dr Vadakattu says.

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