Plant scientist and organic farmer A.N. Nagaraj passes away in Shivamogga

A.N. Nagaraj, plant scientist, practitioner and promoter of organic farming, died at a private hospital here on Monday after a brief illness. He was 97. He is survived by his three children.

The son of well-known Kannada writer and thinker A.N. Murthyrao, Dr. Nagaraj went abroad for higher studies in biology and obtained a doctorate in the subject in the United States. He worked as a scientist in the U.S. and later with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Philippines for several years before returning to India.