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The agriculture research station building is being renovated to set up the Centre for Applied Research on Problematic Soils in Mangaluru. VINAYAKmore-inThe city will soon have a Centre for Applied Research on Problematic Soils (CARPS) near Krishi Vignana Kendra (KVK) on the premises of College of Fisheries at Yekkur. He said that the centre will conduct collaborative research on improving the condition of problematic soils to make them productive for food production. “CARPS will have an overview of problems and perspectives and the way forward to utilise problematic soils for food production. The core research team would take up need-based research and reach out to the beneficiaries at a faster rate,” he said..