Taking science lessons out to the farmers
![R. K. Patnaik](https://indiabioscience.org/imager/articles/158973/IMG-20191225-WA0030_4b32b63c5c28c858e051e9d1a2a717a1.jpg)
More than 50% of the Indian workforce earns its living through agriculture. Yet, there exists a huge gap in translating the knowledge gained through agricultural research into practice. Here, we chat with R.K. Patnaik, a former agronomist at the Orissa Institute of Agricultural Technology, who has single-handedly been training farmers in a small village in Orissa in better agricultural practices.