India, April 18 -- He is a distinguished Systems Agronomist with over 25 years of extensive experience in Systems Science across the developing world

The Cabinet Committee on Appointments (ACC) of the Government of India has approved the appointment of Dr Mangi Lal Jat, an internationally renowned scientist and currently the Deputy Director General (Research) at ICRISAT, as the Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

Dr Jat specialises in Cropping Systems Science and Strategy, Conservation Agriculture, Climate Smart Agriculture, Regenerative Agriculture, Precision Farming, Scale-Appropriate Mechanisation, and Farming Systems...