The Asian Scientist 100
C. L. Laxmipathi Gowda
Deputy Director-General
Institution
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Country
India
Field
Agricultural Sciences
Gowda, deputy director-general of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), received the 2014 Sano Touzaburo Special Prize—“Asia’s World Food Prize”—for developing chickpea cultivars with high yield and resistance to diseases and pests.
(Photo: ICRISAT)
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