All India Coordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture (AICRPDA) at Rekulakunta in Anantapur district has received the national award for the best research project in the country at a three-day conference held at Hyderabad from June 2 to 4 on the occasion of the completion of 50 years of such research in India.
Rekulakunta Centre Head and Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) Principal Scientist B. Sahadev Reddy received the award on Saturday in Hyderabad on behalf of the research centre.
ARS Rekulakunta’s Custom Hiring Centre of mechanised implements for small and marginal farmers and its development of the ABV04 bajra variety were also praised at the all-India conference.
