Top agriculture scientist on Wednesday made claims that higher production has made Indian administrators complacent, and said that agriculture research has been neglected for long. In view of climate change, the government needs to expedite processes for research and introduction of new molecules to increase both, the quality and quantity of produce.

Till recently, it was being declared that India has seen increasing food grain production and can feed the world, but Covid-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war and the massive heat wave in March has upset the cart, Charudatta Digambar Mayee, former Agriculture Commissioner with the Ministry of Agriculture said here.